List of military engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War
This is a list of military engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period. Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localised to a specific area and over a specific period. The battles listed here are ones that have corresponding Wikipedia articles. A flag icon to the left of a battle's name shows the victorious side in the engagement. The date to the right of a battle's name shows when it began, except in the case of 1942's Battle of Changsha, which began in December 1941.
Campaigns
[edit]Aerial engagements
[edit]Battles with articles. Flag shows victorious side in each engagement. Date shows beginning date except for the 1942 battle of Changsha, which began in Dec. 1941.
Battles
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Mukden September 1931[1]- Invasion of Manchuria September 1931
- Jiangqiao Campaign October 1931
- Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge November 1931
- Jinzhou December 1931
- Defense of Harbin January 1932
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Shanghai January 1932 - Pacification of Manchukuo March 1932
- Defense of the Great Wall January 1933
- Battle of Rehe February 1933
- Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933–1936)
Suiyuan Campaign October 1936
- Battle of Lugou Bridge July 1937
- Battle of Beiping–Tianjin July 1937
- Chahar August 1937
- Battle of Shanghai August 1937
- Defense of Sihang Warehouse October 26, 1937
- Beiping–Hankou August 1937
- Tianjin–Pukou August 1937
- Battle of Taiyuan September 1937
- Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
- Battle of Xinkou September 1937
- Battle of Nanking December 1937
- Battle of Xuzhou December 1937
- Battle of Taierzhuang March 1938
- Northern and Eastern Honan 1938 January 1938
- Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
- Xiamen May 1938
- Battle of Wuhan June 1938
- Guangdong October 1938
- Hainan Island February 1939
- Battle of Nanchang March 1939
- Battle of Xiushui River March 1939
- Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang May 1939
- Shantou June 1939
- Battle of Changsha (1939) September 1939
- Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
- Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939
- 1939–1940 Winter Offensive November 1939
- Battle of West Suiyuan January – February 1940
- Battle of Wuyuan March 1940
- Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang May 1940
- Hundred Regiments Offensive August 1940
- Central Hupei November 1940
- Battle of South Henan January 1941
- Western Hopei March 1941
- Battle of Shanggao March 1941
- Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
- Battle of Changsha (1941) September 1941
- Battle of Changsha (1942) January 1942
- Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road March 1942
- Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 1942
- Battle of West Hubei May 1943
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Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan October 1943 - Battle of Changde November 1943
- Operation Ichi-Go
- Operation Kogo Battle of Central Henan April 1944
- Operation Togo 1 Battle of Changsha (1944)
- Operation Togo 2 and Operation Togo 3 Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou August 1944
- Battle of West Henan–North Hubei March — May 1945
- Battle of West Hunan April – June 1945
- Second Guangxi Campaign April — July 1945
1931
[edit]- Mukden September 1931
- Invasion of Manchuria September 1931
- Jiangqiao Campaign October 1931
- Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge November 1931
- Jinzhou Operation December 1931
1932
[edit]- Defense of Harbin January 1932
- Shanghai (1932) January 1932
- Pacification of Manchukuo March 1932 - 1941
- Manchukuoan Anti Bandit Operations March 1932 - 1934
- Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army Resistance 1934 - 1941
1933-1936
[edit]- Operation Nekka January 1933
- Great Wall January 1933
- Battle of Rehe February 1933
- Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933-36)
- Campaign of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army May - October 1933
- Establishment of Mengjiang December 1935 - May 1936
- Suiyuan Campaign October 1936
1937
[edit]- Marco Polo Bridge Incident July 1937
- Beiping-Tianjin July 1937
- Chahar August 1937
- Battle of Shanghai August 1937
- Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation August 1937
- Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation August 1937
- Taiyuan September 1937
- Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
- Battle of Xinkou September 1937
- Battle of Nanjing December 1937
1938
[edit]- Battle of Xuzhou March 24 - May 1, 1938
- Battle of Taierzhuang 4 March – 7 April 1938
- Northern and Eastern Honan 1938 January 1938
- Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
- Amoy Operation May 1938
- Battle of Wuhan 11 June – 27 October 1938
- Canton Operation October 1938
1939
[edit]- Hainan Island Operation February 1939
- Battle of Nanchang March 1939
- Battle of Xiushui River March 1939
- Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang May 1939
- Swatow Operation June 1939
- Battle of Changsha (1939) September 1939
- Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
- Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939
- 1939-40 Winter Offensive November 1939 - March 1940
- Battle of Wuyuan March 1940
1940
[edit]- Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang May 1940
- Hundred Regiments Offensive August 1940
- Indochina Expedition September 1940
- Central Hopei Operation November 1940
1941
[edit]- Battle of South Henan January 1941
- Western Hopei Operation March 1941
- Battle of Shanggao March 1941
- Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
- Battle of Changsha (1941) September 1941
1942
[edit]- Battle of Changsha (1942) January 1942
- Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road March – June 1942
- Battle of Toungoo March 19-March 29, 1942
- Battle of Yenangyaung April 11–19, 1942
- Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 1942
1943
[edit]- Battle of West Hubei 12 May - 3 June 1943
- Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan October 1943 – March 1945
- Battle of Changde 2 November – 20 December 1943
1944
[edit]- Operation Ichi-Go.19 April – 31 December 1944
- Battle of Changsha (1944) May 1944 - August 1944
- Defense of Hengyang 22 June – 8 August 1944 (Japan Pyrrhic victory. Tojo cabinet collapsed.)
- Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou 16 August - 24 November 1944
- Battle of Mount Song June 4, 1944 – September 7, 1944
1945
[edit]- Battle of West Henan-North Hubei 21 March – 11 May 1945 (Tactical stalemate, Japanese operational victory)
- Battle of West Hunan April - June, 1945
- Second Guangxi Campaign April - August 1945
Soviet invasion of Manchuria August – September, 1945
Japanese invasions and operations
[edit]- Japanese Campaigns in Chinese War
- Jinzhou Operation
- Manchukuoan Anti Bandit Operations
- Operation Nekka
- Peiking–Hankou Railway Operation
- Tientsin–Pukow Railway Operation
- Operation Quhar
- Kuolichi-Taierhchuang Operation
- Canton Operation
- Amoy Operation
- Hainan Island Operation
- Han River Operation
- Invasion of French Indochina
- Swatow Operation
- Proposed Japanese invasion of Sichuan
- CHE-KIANG Operation
- Kwangchow Wan occupation
- Operation Ichi-Go
Battles in Burma Campaign
[edit]- Battle of Oktwin Mar. 20 - 23, 1942
- Battle of Toungoo Mar. 24–28, 1942
- Battle of Yedahe Apr. 5–8, 1942
- Battle of Szuwa River Apr. 10–16, 1942
- Battle of Pyinmana April 17–20, 1942
- Battle of Yenangyaung Apr. 17-19 1942
- Battle of Mawache and Yato Early April 1942
- Battle of Bawlake April 17, 1942
- Battle of Hopong - Taunggyi April 20–24, 1942
- Battle of Loliem April 25, 1942
- Battle of Lashio (1942) April 29, 1942
- Battle of Hsenwe May 1, 1942
- Battle of Salween River May 6–31, 1942
- Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway May 23, 1942
- Battle of Yupang Oct. - Dec. 1943
- Battle of Lashio Jan 1944
- Battle of Maingkwan Feb.- 5 Mar. 1944
- Battle of Mogaung Mar. 1944[2]
- Battle of Myitkyina Apr. - Aug. 1944
- Battle of Mongyu Dec.1944 - Jan. 1945
- Battle of Lashio (1945) Mar. 1945
- Battle of Hsipaw Mar.1945
References
[edit]- ^ The Cambridge History of Japan: The Twentieth Century, p. 294, Peter Duus,John Whitney Hall, Cambridge University Press: 1989 ISBN 978-0-521-22357-7
- ^ Gibbs, Herbert Ronald K; Ryan, D.G.J (1955). Historical Record of the 6th Gurkha Rifles, Volume 2. Gale & Polden. p. 141.
