
my first map for WWM will be the Soviet–Japanese border conflicts fought among the Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Empire of Japan in 1939. (11 May – 16 September 1939)
Map Size: 256*256
Multiplayer : Soviet Union vs Japan (3vs3 or 4vs4)
The incident began on 11 May 1939. A Mongolian cavalry unit of some 70–90 men had entered the disputed area in search of grazing for their horses. On that day, Manchukuoan cavalry attacked the Mongolians and drove them back across the river Khalkhin Gol. On 13 May, the Mongolian force returned in greater numbers and the Manchukoans were unable to dislodge them.........
.......Both sides began building up their forces in the area: soon Japan had 30,000 men in the theater. The Soviets dispatched a new Corps commander, Comcor Georgy Zhukov, who arrived on 5 June and brought more motorized and armored forces (I Army Group) to the combat zone. Accompanying Zhukov was Comcor Yakov Smushkevich with his aviation unit. J. Lkhagvasuren, Corps Commissar of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army, was appointed Zhukov's deputy.....
......On 27 June, IJAF's 2nd Air Brigade (2nd AB) struck the Soviet air base at Tamsak-Bulak in Mongolia. The Japanese won this engagement, but the strike had been ordered by the Kwangtung Army without getting permission from Imperial Japanese Army headquarters in Tokyo. In an effort to prevent the incident from escalating, Tokyo promptly ordered the Japanese Army Air Force to not conduct any more air strikes against Soviet airbases.......
Lt. Gen. Yasuoka Masaomi, IJA, Commanding Officer, 1st Tank Corps
3rd Tank Regiment[13]
Type 89 I-Go medium tanks - 26
Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks - 4
Type 94 tankettes - 7
Type 97 Te-Ke tankettes - 4
4th Tank Regiment[14]
Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks - 35
Type 89 I-Go medium tanks - 8
Type 94 tankettes - 3
At first some historical pictures
