[Photo] Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita, Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki, Finance Minister Ishiwata Sotaro, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai, and Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma each making their entrances at an emergency meeting during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol / Nomonhan Incident, Tokyo, Japan, mid-1939

Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita, Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki, Finance Minister Ishiwata Sotaro, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai, and Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma each making their entrances at an emergency meeting during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol / Nomonhan Incident, Tokyo, Japan, mid-1939

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Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita, Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki, Finance Minister Ishiwata Sotaro, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai, and Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma each making their entrances at an emergency meeting during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol / Nomonhan Incident, Tokyo, Japan, mid-1939 ww2dbase

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Aug 1939

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