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 Military Front :[2] Sixth Military Front : 224 officers and 7,812 soldiers killed 579 officers and 10,125 soldiers wounded 17 officers and 721 soldiers missing 2 officers and 15 soldiers casualties (unspecified) Total : 822 officers and 18,673 soldiers killed, wounded, or missing. Fifth Military Front : 31 officers and 721 soldiers killed 57 officers and 1,127 soldiers wounded 13 officers and 606 soldiers missing 73 soldiers casualties (unspecified) Total : 101 officers and 2,527 soldiers killed, wounded, or missing Total : nearly 100,000 |
1,684 killed and missing About 60% of the Japanese infantrymen who participated in the battle suffered casualties(According to Japanese records)[5]. Almost the entire 13th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) was annihilated（according to Japanese military history)[6]. 65th Infantry Regiment suffer serious casualties,with at least 213 killed in action. However, based on the number of supplements and the number of people added, the number of people killed in action was much higher than 213.(Based on the military history compiled by Japanese war veterans after the war)[7] 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment Suffered irreparable losses about 350 people(Calculated based on the number of additional soldiers)[8] | ||||||
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
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- ^ 日本防衛廳防衛研修所戰史室編撰;廖運潘譯.《日軍對華作戰紀要叢書 3 初期陸軍作戰：歐戰爆發前後之對華和戰》，臺北市 : 國防部史政編譯局, 民76，p562
- ^ 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。
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