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battle_name=Battle of Xuzhou
|campaign=Second Sino-Japanese war
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|caption=
|conflict=Second Sino-Japanese War
|date=December 1937 - May 1938
|place=Xuzhou and proximity
|result=Japanese victory
|combatant1=National Revolutionary Army???Military region 1,5
|combatant2=Imperial Japanese Army, North China Theatre Army,Central China Theatre Army
|commander1=Li Zongren, Han Fuqu???, Pang Bingxun, Sun Lianzhong, Sun Zhen, Tang Enbai, Wang Mingzhang???, Zhang Zizhong
|commander2=Isogai Rensuke, Itagaki Seishiro
|strength1=600,000 troops in 64 Division (military)|Divisions
|strength2=240,000 troops in 8 Division (military)|Divisions
|casualties1=100,000
|casualties2=30,000
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The Battle of Xuzhou was fought between Japanese and China|Chinese forces in May of 1938 during World War Two.

By the pressure of the Japanese forces, 64 Chinese divisions were gathering around Xuzhou in Jiangsu, the headquater of 5th Military region of the National Revolutionary Army. Japan intended a siege against Xuzhou and deployed the North-China Overseas Army to the north and the Central-China Overseas Army to the south. The North-China Overseas Army had 4 Division (military)|divisions and the Central-China Overseas Army had 3 divisons.

The 1st and 2nd Tank Battalions were ordered to advance to the western flank of Xuzhou and to prevent the Chinese forces from withdrawing towards west. The 5th Tank Battalion was used to support the infantry divison.

Japan won the fierce battle of Xuzhou, but most of the Chinese soldiers escaped from the siege and Chinese forces were not annihilated. The Japanese forces were too small to besiege the large Chinese forces.

Near the end of the battle the Chinese scored a strategic victory at Battle of Tai'erzhuang|Tai'erzhuang, however the overall situation was grim, and Jiang Jieshi ordered the demolition of the dykes holding back the Yellow River in order to stop the advancing Japanese, but also destroying much of the area around the river.

Last Modified:   2005-11-04