1939 ⟶ Japanese Army Crosses Dongting Lake

The Japanese army successfully crosses the Dongting Lake, th...
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🇯🇵 Japanese Forces Occupy Beijing

Japanese forces occupy the city of Beijing.⟶
Japanese Forces Occupy Beijing (1937)
ChinaJapanOccupationMilitarySino-Japanese WarBeijingWarConflictAsia

🇯🇵 Japanese Army Crosses Dongting Lake

The Japanese army successfully crosses the Dongting Lake, thus cutting by more than half the distance from the army's target, the Chinese city of Changsha.⟶
Japanese Army Crosses Dongting Lake (1939)
JapanChinaDongting LakeChangshaMilitary CampaignAsiaSino-Japanese WarWorld War IIMilitary StrategyInvasion

⚔️ 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

🇯🇵 Japanese Army Drives Chinese Forces from Xiangjiang River Area

The 6th and 13th Divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army drive the Chinese National Revolutionary Army out of the Xiangjiang River area during the Battle of Changsha.⟶
Japanese Army Drives Chinese Forces from Xiangjiang River Area (1939)
JapanChinaBattle of ChangshaMilitaryWarXiangjiang RiverAsiaSecond Sino-Japanese War

🇨🇳 Chinese Victory at Changsha

in a major victory the Chinese army inflicts heavy losses to the Japanese at Changsha forcing them to retreat to Yueyang.⟶
Chinese Victory at Changsha (1939)
ChinaJapanChangshaChinese ArmySecond Sino-Japanese WarMilitary VictoryAsia

💥 Japanese Bombing of Chongqing

The Japanese heavily bomb the Chinese Nationalist capital of Chongqing, on the upper Yangtze.⟶
Japanese Bombing of Chongqing (1940)
JapanChinaChongqingBombingAir RaidsSino-Japanese WarWorld War IINationalist ChinaAir Warfare