The Corner

Battle of Halhin Gol

Yep, hardly anyone knows about this battle. Yet it was really important.

One reader: “So we have Stalin and Marshal Zhukov to thank for Pearl

Harbor?” Quite possibly.

I’d never heard of the battle either, until it was written up in the

*Spectator* 3 or 4 yrs ago.

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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