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Khalkhin Gol
May–Sep 1939 — Zhukov encircles and destroys a Japanese army on the Mongolian steppe. Tokyo’s planners quietly bury the “strike north” option — the road now points south, to the sea.
This is one scene of Chapter 10 — The Turn South in The Road to War, 1931–1941.
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