Nomonhan Battle Site Exhibition Hall, Inner Mongolia autonomous region

Address: Nomonhan Tourist scenic area, Provincial Lu 203, Xin Barga Left Banner, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region
Opening hours: 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Admission: 30 yuan($4.16)/person

In May 1939, as part of its “Northern Expansion Plan” aimed at occupying Mongolia and the Soviet Far East, the Imperial Japanese Army launched a military campaign in the Nomonhan-Burd region of Xin Barga Left Banner, Inner Mongolia, and along the middle and lower reaches of the Khalkhin Gol River (or Khalkh River, now in Mongolia). This conflict, known as the Nomonhan Battle, was a large-scale military clash between Japan and its puppet state Manchukuo on one side, and the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic on the other.

Over 200,000 troops were deployed by both sides, along with more than 500 artillery pieces, over 900 aircraft, and thousands of tanks and armored vehicles. In this battle, the Japanese army used biological weapons in combat for the first time, yet still suffered a devastating defeat, with 54,000 casualties, ultimately being forced to cease hostilities and negotiate peace.

The Nomonhan Battle stands as a significant chapter in the history of the global anti-fascist war. Japanese historians have called it “the greatest defeat in the history of the Japanese army”.

The Nomonhan Battle Site covers an area of 2.97 square kilometers and includes the War Exhibition Hall, a mass cremation pit, the General's Temple, artillery positions, the ruins of a Japanese field hospital, and the Hulustai River battlefield site. In 1989, Xin Barga Left Banner established the Nomonhan Battle Exhibition Hall, which houses more than 3,000 wartime relics.