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Battle of Wuhan Wikipedia

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battle_name=Battle of Wuhan
|campaign=Second Sino-Japanese War
|image=Image:Wuhan german divs.jpg|300px
|caption=German-trained divisions in Wuhan.
|conflict=Second Sino-Japanese War
|date=July 1938 - October 1938
|place=Wuhan and proximity
|result=Japanese victory
|combatant1=National Revolutionary Army Military Region 5,9, Soviet Air Force volunteers
|combatant2=Imperial Japanese Army
|commander1=Chiang Kai-shek, Xue Yue, Wu Qiwei, Zhang Fakui, Wang Jingjiu, Ou Zhentong, Yu Jishi???Duan Langru, Feng Shenfa, Wang Yaowu, Zhang Lingpu, Li Tsung-jen, Sun Lianzhong, Song Xiqian, Tian Zhennan, Feng Anbang
|commander2=Okamura Yasuji, Hata Shunroku,Itou Masaki,Matsuura Rokuro,Suzuki Harumatsu,Isogai Rensuke,Shizuichi Tanaka, Nakajima Kesago
|strength1=1,100,000 troops in 120 Division (military)|Divisions, ~100 airplanes, 40 naval ships
|strength2=350,000 troops,~500 airplanes,120 naval ships

|casualties1=Chinese ~400,000, soviets ~100
|casualties2=~140,000
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The Battle of Wuhan was a major battle in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japan won the battle with great losses.

After the Battle of Xuzhou, the Japanese army moved south to attack Wuhan. More than 1 million National Revolutionary Army troops were gathered, with Chiang Kai-shek himself in command, to defend Wuhan from the Imperial Japanese Army led by Okamura Yasuji.

After 4 months of violent battles, the Chinese air force and naval force was wiped out, and Japanese occupied Wuhan. However, most of the Chinese Troops survived, and the Japanese army was considerably weakened.

Last Modified:   2005-11-04