1940Chinese Communists Launch Hundred Regiments Offensive

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🇨🇳 Battle of Taierzhuang: Chinese Victory

Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Taierzhuang commences. The battle ends with Chinese victory on 7 April after intense house-to-house fighting inside the city of Taierzhuang.
Battle of Taierzhuang: Chinese Victory (1938)
ChinaJapanSecond Sino-Japanese WarBattleMilitaryVictoryTaierzhuang

⚔️ Japan Begins Changsha Offensive

The Japanese Eleventh Army moving from Yueyang and supported by divisions from Jiangxi begins a major offensive to take the Chinese city of Changsha.
Japan Begins Changsha Offensive (1939)
JapanChinaChangshaMilitaryOffensiveAsiaWorld War IISino-Japanese War

⚔️ Chinese Communists Launch Hundred Regiments Offensive

Chinese Communists launch the Hundred Regiments Offensive against the Japanese in North China.
Chinese Communists Launch Hundred Regiments Offensive (1940)
ChinaJapanOffensiveCommunistsMilitaryNorth ChinaGuerrilla Warfare

⚔️ Japanese Counter-Attack in Shanxi Province

10,000 Japanese troops launch a counter-attack in eastern Shanxi Province in China in an attempt to relieve the nearly-surrounded Japanese 36th Division.
JapanChinaMilitaryShanxiCounter-offensiveSecond Sino-Japanese War

⚔️ Chinese Conflict and Japanese Setback at Changsha

Chinese Nationalist and Chinese Communists fight each other in southern China. Meanwhile, Japanese forces have a setback at Changsha.
ChinaNationalistsCommunistsChangshamilitaryconflictJapaneseAsia

⚔️ Escalation of Conflict Between Chinese Nationalists and Communists

The rivalry between Chinese Nationalists and Chinese Communists becomes more evident; large numbers of the latter are forced to give up their arms.
ChinaNationalistsCommunistscivil warinternal conflictAsiapolitical tensionsmilitary