Battle of Shanggao

Battle of Shanggao
	Part of Second Sino-Japanese war
	; Retaking a lost bridge.
Date	14 March – 9 April 1941
Location	Shanggao, Jiangxi
Result	Chinese victory Japanese offensive repelled;
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Luo Zhuoying	Korechika Anami
Units involved
Republic of China Army	Imperial Japanese Army Central China Area Army;
Strength
Unknown	65,000 troops in 3 divisions and 1 independent regiment; 40 armoured cars; 150 planes
Casualties and losses
20,533	Japanese claim: ~5,500; ; Chinese claim:; 16,000 killed; 6,000 wounded; Total: 22,000 killed and wounded

The Battle of Shanggao (simplified Chinese: 上高会战; traditional Chinese: 上高會戰; pinyin: Shànggāo Huìzhàn), also called Operation Kinkō (Japanese: 錦江作戦), was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 上高会战——痛歼日寇彪炳史册
^ 児島襄(Noboru Kojima) (1988). 日中戦争〈5〉 ["Sino-Japanese War 5"] (in Japanese) (Paperback ed.). 文藝春秋. pp. 311–312. ISBN 978-4167141332.
^ 惨烈的上高之战：国军王牌74军痛歼两万日寇(4) [Ferocious Battle at Shanggao] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2018-11-12.