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The Battle of Wuhan (traditional Chinese: 武漢會戰; simplified Chinese: 武汉会战; Japanese: 武漢作戦 (ぶかんさくせん)), popularly known to the Chinese as the Defence of Wuhan (traditional Chinese: 武漢保衛戰; simplified Chinese: 武汉保卫战), and to the Japanese as the Capture of Wuhan, was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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.
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special is a Looney Tunes animated Halloween television special directed by David Detiege, which first aired on CBS on October 26, 1977. [1]The special includes clips from nine Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts originally released between 1948 and 1966, including all four cartoons featuring Witch Hazel as the primary antagonist.
Chinese troops crossing the Yellow River in June 1938, the river was deliberately flooded by Chinese forces to buy time to defend Wuhan. Below are the units and commanders that participated in the Battle of Wuhan , also called the Wuchang–Hankou campaign , fought from early June through November 12, 1938, a phase of the Second Sino-Japanese War .
The flood bought time for the Battle of Wuhan. [24] [9] The flood stopped the Japanese Army from capturing the Zhengzhou junction of the Beijing–Wuhan Railway. [8] Unintentionally, the flood also destroyed the Bengbu railway bridge of the Tianjin–Pukou Railway. [24] The Japanese thus could not use either railway to send its troops and ...
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Concurrently, the Wuhan government launched its own campaign in Henan province led by Tang Shengzhi, who was appointed to serve as the Wuhan army's commander-in-chief. Aided by the defection of remnants of Wu Peifu's forces, Tang advanced to fight the forces of the "Young Marshal" Zhang Xueliang , Zhang Zuolin's son and political heir, pushing ...
Wuhan residents staying indoors due to the threat of the coronavirus took to their windows to shout out messages of solidarity on the evening of January 27, footage uploaded to social media shows ...