Battle of West Hunan

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Date	April 1945 - June 1945
Location	West Hunan
Result	Chinese victory

Combatants

China, National Revolutionary Army

Japan, Imperial Japanese Army

Commanders

Ho Ying-chin

Ichiro Anzai

Strength

2 army groups, several companies, NRA Air Force, USAAF

70-80,000 troops in 7 divisions

Casualties

13,000 Chinese and estimated 11 USAF soldiers

~20,000

Second Sino-Japanese War
Major engagements in bold Mukden - Invasion of Manchuria -(Jiangqiao - Nenjiang Bridge - Chinchow - Harbin) - Shanghai (1932) - Operation Nekka - ( Rehe - Great Wall) - Suiyuan - Marco Polo Bridge - Beiping-Tianjin - Chahar - Shanghai (1937) (Sihang Warehouse) - Beiping-Hankou Railway - Tianjin-Pukou Railway - Taiyuan - (Pingxingguan) - Xinkou - Nanjing - Xuzhou- Taierzhuang - N.-E.Henan - (Lanfeng) - (Amoy) - Wuhan - Canton - (Hainan) - (Xiushui River) - Nanchang - Suixian-Zaoyang - (Swatow) - 1st Changsha - S.Guangxi- (Kunlun Pass) - Winter Offensive -(Wuyuan) -S.Henan - Zaoyang-Yichang - Hundred Regiments - Indochina Expedition - Shanggao - S.Shanxi - 2nd Changsha - 3rd Changsha - Yunnan-Burma Road-(Yenangyaung)- Zhejiang-Jiangxi - W.Hubei - N.Burma-W.Yunnan - Changde - C.Henan - 4th Changsha - Guilin-Liuzhou - W.Henan-N.Hubei - W.Hunan- 2nd Guangxi edit

The Battle of West Hunan was one of the major engagements involving 100,000 troops in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Wanting to secure airfields and railroads in Hunan, the IJA amassed forces in early April to prepare for an attack. The NRA responded by transferring 2 army groups under He Yingqin to defend the area.

In the first phase of the battle, the NRA defended against the Japanese attack, and in the second phase, with help from the USAF and NRA Air Force, encircled and beat back the Japanese, turning the battle into a rout. The Japanese retreated after sustaining more than 20,000 casualties.