Battle of South Shanxi

Battle of South Shanxi
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War

A map of the battle
Date (1941-05-07) (1941-05-27)May 7–27, 1941
(2 weeks and 6 days)
Location
South Shanxi, China
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China (1912–1949) National Revolutionary Army, China Empire of Japan North China Front Army, Imperial Japanese Army, Japan
Commanders and leaders
Republic of China (1912–1949) Wei Lihuang[1] Empire of Japan Hayao Tada
Strength
180,000 troops in 8 armies 100,000 troops in 6 divisions, 3 brigades
Casualties and losses
25,066 killed or wounded and 21,611 missing [2]
75,600 killed, wounded, or missing [3]		 more than 20,000 troops

The Battle of South Shanxi , also known as the Battle of Jinnan (Chinese: 晉南战役) and Zhongtiao Mountains campaign (Chinese: 中條山會戰) by the Chinese and as the Chungyuan Operation by the Japanese, was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).

  1. ^ Peck, Two Kinds of Time, p.287
  2. ^ 國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，衛立煌電蔣中正中條山戰役各部隊官兵馬騾傷亡失蹤與機槍等武器損毀數量情形且因數量過大無法按編制一次補足情形，典藏號：002-090200-00070-304 [1]
  3. ^ Liu, Fenghan (2008). 中國近代軍事史叢書: 抗戰 (上, 下). p. 419.