1936 Onishi Unit Hailar Dispatch Commemorative Watch Fob/昭和十一年大西部隊海拉爾出動記念章

Size 50 x 35 mm.

Reverse

昭和十一年 - 1936

海拉爾出動記念 - Hailar Dispatch Commemorative

Hailar District, formerly a county-level city, is an urban district that serves as the seat of the prefecture-level city Hulunbuir in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. After the Mukden Incident in 1931, Japan invaded China's northeastern provinces and established the puppet state of Manchukuo. Hailar Fortress, a huge underground Japanese fortress, was completed in 1937 by forced Chinese laborers. The Kwantung Army garrisoned in Manchukuo built the fortress complex as one of the biggest Japanese fortifications in Manchukuo. Some of the fiercest fighting of the Soviet–Japanese War in August 1945 took place around Hailar.​

大西部隊 - Onishi Unit/Butai