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- Major engagements in bold
- Began in 1931–1937
- Began in 1937–1939
- Began in 1940–1942
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The Battle of West Hubei (simplified Chinese: 鄂西会战; traditional Chinese: 鄂西會戰; pinyin: È Xī Huìzhàn), was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was also one of the four major battles that took place in Hubei.
It resulted in a Chinese strategic victory, although they lost more troops than the Japanese Army. Historian Barbara W. Tuchman, however, writes that the "Japanese withdrew without pursuit from what appeared to have been a training and foraging offensive to collect rice and river shipping."[1]
The Chinese government and Western media at that time reported that the Chinese has scored a major victory.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Barbara Tuchman, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, pp. 373
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National Revolutionary Army, China
Imperial Japanese Army, Japan
