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Battle of West Hubei | |||||||
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Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
China United States (air support only) | Empire of Japan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Chen Cheng Sun Lianzhong Hu Lien Wang Zuanxu Luo Guangwen Fang Tien Song Kendang Gao Zhuodong Mu Ting-Fang |
Isamu Yokoyama Takeshi Takashina Yamamoto Mitsuo Akashika Tadashi Sumida Raishiro Aoki Seiichi | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Artillery units
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Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Imperial Japanese Navy | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
280,000 | 120,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
23,550 killed 18,295 wounded 7,270 missing[1]: 137 |
25,000 killed and wounded 40 aircraft destroyed 122 naval vessels damaged or sunk[2] | ||||||
The Battle of West Hubei (simplified Chinese: 鄂西会战; traditional Chinese: 鄂西會戰; pinyin: È Xī Huìzhàn), was one of 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was also one of four major battles that took place in Hubei.
The battle 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."[3] However, he also states that the battle ended in a tactical draw. The Chinese government reported that the Chinese had scored a major victory.[4] Japanese troops retreated to their former positions.