Battle of Changsha (1941)
| Battle of Changsha (1941) | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||
 A Japanese soldier firing a Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun across the Miluo river in September 1941 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Republic of China |
 Empire of Japan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Xue Yue |
 Korechika Anami | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Republic of China Army |
Imperial Japanese Army Imperial Japanese Navy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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300,000 30 divisions 631 artillery pieces[1] |
120,000 troops 46 battalions 326 artillery pieces[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Ninth War Zone : 70,019 killed, wounded, or missing.[2] Sixth War Zone : 21,542 killed, wounded, or missing,[3] Total: 91,561 killed, wounded or missing |
1,684 killed and missing About 60% of the Japanese infantrymen who participated in the battle suffered casualties(According to Japanese records)[4]. 65th Infantry Regiment suffer serious casualties(Based on the military history compiled by Japanese war veterans after the war)[5] 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment Suffered irreparable losses of nearly 400 people(Calculated based on the number of additional soldiers)[6] | ||||||
The (Second) Battle of Changsha (6 September – 8 October 1941; Chinese: 第二次長沙會戰) was Japan's second attempt at taking the city of Changsha, China, the capital of Hunan Province, as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Japanese were repulsed again, and the battle ended with a Chinese victory.
See also
[edit]- Battle of Changsha (1939)
- Battle of Changsha (1941–1942)
- Battle of Changsha (1944)
- Battle of Changsha (TV series), the TV series depicting this event
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Japanese Monograph No. 179, Central China Area Operations Record 1937-1941 pp. 265
- ^ 抗日战争湖南战场史料(二). 2012. p. 243.
- ^ 國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，陳誠電蔣中正何應欽第六戰區襄西攻勢作戰各部隊人員傷亡報告，典藏號：002-090200-00071-042 [1]
- ^ "川军围歼日本山崎大队，绝望日军用手雷集体自杀". 鳳凰網. 2017-08-05. Archived from the original on 2023-12-17. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ 星半三郎編，《若松聯隊回想錄》，1977年，會津若松市：若松聯隊記念事業實行委員會，p179-182。
- ^ “Brief History of Central China Area Unit (Part 5) / Partition 3” Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) Ref.C12122443800, Brief History of Central China Area Unit (Part 5) (National Institute for Defense Studies)
