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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.
Wuhan was the provisional headquarters of the Chinese Army. The Japanese, however, managed, despite heavy losses to defeat the Chinese and captured Wuhan on October 25, 1938. In the last years of the war, Chen went on to command in the Battle of Changsha , the Battle of Yichang , and the Battle of West Hubei .
Xue was also involved in the Battle of Wuhan, [2] commanding the 1st Army Corps. In the mountains northwest of Wuhan, Xue succeeded in nearly destroying the entire 106th division of the imperial Japanese army. During the battle, most of the Japanese officers were killed and the Japanese had to air-drop 300 officers by parachutes into the ...
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 .
[103] [104] The Red Army fought alongside KMT forces during the Battle of Taiyuan, and the high point of their cooperation came in 1938 during the Battle of Wuhan. The formation of a united front added to the legality of the CCP, but what kind of support the central government would provide to the communists were not settled.
76 Days is a 2020 Chinese-American documentary film directed by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen and an anonymous third. [1] Set in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it captures the struggles and human resilience [2] [3] in the battle to survive the spread of the disease in Wuhan, China.
The 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge reminds us that appeasing tyrants never works. The U.S. must continue to stand strong against tyrants like Vladimir Putin to keep America safe.
..The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history.The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles.