Georgy Zhukov's first major victory and ended the loser's northern expansion policy of hokushin-ron.
One side in this battle crippled itself by refusing to allow its aircraft to conduct raids on enemy airstrips after an unauthorized attack on the Tamsak-Bulak airbase. The victors in this battle supplied its forces better than their opponents despite fighting about four times farther away from their supply base. The initial phase of this engagement began when a group of Mongolian cavalry was attacked while seeking grazing land. This battle was the culmination of a series of skirmishes including the Halhamiao Incident and the Battle of Lake Khasan. This engagement was (*) Georgy Zhukov's first major victory and ended the loser's northern expansion policy of hokushin-ron. For 10 points, what was this battle of 1939 that dissuaded Japan from expanding into Siberia and led to the southward growth of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
One side in this battle crippled itself by refusing to allow its aircraft to conduct raids on enemy airstrips after an unauthorized attack on the Tamsak-Bulak airbase.
Battle of Khalkhin Gol or Nomonhan Incident