The Battle of Wuhan (simplified Chinese: 武汉会战; traditional Chinese: 武漢會戰; pinyin: Wǔhàn Huìzhàn), popularly known to Chinese as the Defense of Wuhan (simplified Chinese: 武汉保卫战; traditional Chinese: 武漢保衛戰; pinyin: Wǔhàn Baǒwèizhàn), and to the Japanese as the Capture of Wuhan (Japanese: 武漢攻略戦 Bukan koryakūsen), was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War. More than one million National Revolutionary Army troops were gathered, with Chi...
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The Battle of Wuhan (simplified Chinese: 武汉会战; traditional Chinese: 武漢會戰; pinyin: Wǔhàn Huìzhàn), popularly known to Chinese as the Defense of Wuhan (simplified Chinese: 武汉保卫战; traditional Chinese: 武漢保衛戰; pinyin: Wǔhàn Baǒwèizhàn), and to the Japanese as the Capture of Wuhan (Japanese: 武漢攻略戦 Bukan koryakūsen), was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War. More than one million National Revolutionary Army troops were gathered, with Chiang Kai-shek himself in command, to defend Wuhan from the Imperial Japanese Army led by Yasuji Okamura. Engagements were in both northern and southern shores of Yangtze River, spreading across vast areas of Anhui, Henan, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces. It lasted four and half months, and was the longest, largest and one of the most significant battles of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War.
On 7 July 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army launched the full-scale invasion against China. With the onset of the war, Beijing and Tianjin fell to the Japanese...
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