Battle of South Guangxi
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| Battle of South Guangxi | |||||||||
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| Part of theSecond Sino-Japanese War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 China |
 Japan | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Bai ChongxiZhang Fakui |
 Rikichi AndōSeiichi Kuno | ||||||||
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150,000 (initially only 2 understrength army groups, reinforced by 2 army groups, including 200th Division(only mechanised force in NRA)) CAF100 aircraft |
100,000 (5th Division, 18th Division(elements),Guards Mixed Brigade, Taiwan Mixed Brigade) 100 aircraft 2 aircraft carriers 70 warships[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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5,600 killed 45 billion yuan worth of private & public property damage[citation needed] |
4,000+ killed (including 85% of all officers) 4,000+ wounded 100 captured Total: 8,100+ casualties | ||||||||
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11,147 civilians killed 2,161 civilians wounded[citation needed] 3,986 civilians missing[citation needed] Total: 17,294 civilians | |||||||||
TheBattle of South Guangxi(traditional Chinese:Quế nam hội chiến;simplified Chinese:Quế nam hội chiến;pinyin:Guìnán Huìzhàn) was one of the 22 major engagements between theNational Revolutionary ArmyandImperial Japanese Armyduring theSecond Sino-Japanese War.
In November 1939, the Japanese landed on the coast ofGuangxiand capturedNanning.In this battle, the Japanese successfully cut offChongqingfrom the ocean, effectively severing foreign aid to China's war efforts by the sea, renderingIndochina,theBurma RoadandThe Humpthe only ways to send aid to China.
The Chinese launched several major offensives that maximized Japanese casualties. A majority of the conflicts occurred in thefighting for Kunlun Pass.With the success of theVietnam Expeditionin September 1940, the Japanese were able to cut China off from Indochina. Now only the Burma Road and The Hump remained, ending the costly necessity of occupying Guangxi. By November 1940, Japanese forces had evacuated from Guangxi except from some coastal enclaves.
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Sources[edit]
- Hsu Long-hsuen, Chang Ming-kai (1972).History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung (2nd ed.). Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing. pp. 311–318, 325–327, map 18.
- Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection,China 1:250,000, Series L500, U.S. Army Map Service, 1954-. Topographic Maps of China during the Second World War.
- These two maps cover the area where most of the fighting went on in the Guangxi campaign:
- Lai-Pin nf49-1,has the Kunlun Pass just above where the road from Nanning enters the map:
- Nanning nf49-5
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Bibliography
- Cheung, Raymond.OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 126: Aces of the Republic of China Air Force.Oxford: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.ISBN978-1-4728-0561-4.
- Xú,Lùméi.Fallen: A Decryption of 682 Air Force Heroes of The War of Resistance-WWII and Their Martyrdom.Đông thành khu, bắc kinh, trung quốc: Đoàn kết xuất bản xã, 2016.ISBN978-7-5126-4433-5.