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Battle of Pingxingguan
1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Pingxingguan (Chinese: 平型關戰役), commonly called the Great Victory of Pingxingguan in Mainland China, was an engagement fought on 25 September 1937, at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, between the Eighth Route Army of the Chinese Communist Party and the Imperial Japanese Army.[2]
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Battle of Pingxingguan | |||||||
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Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||
![]() Chinese soldiers firing a Type 24 heavy machine gun at an ambush against Japanese troops in the Battle of Pingxing Pass | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lin Biao Zhu De | Itagaki Seishiro | ||||||
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Strength | |||||||
6,000 troops of the 115th Division | 15,000 troops (5th Division); however, only certain supply troops and the 3rd Battalion of the 21st Regiment were involved in the actual ambush | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~400[1] | 400–500[1] |
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The battle resulted in the loss of 400 to 600 soldiers on both sides, but the Chinese captured 100 trucks full of supplies. The victory gave the Chinese Communists a tremendous boost since it was the only division-size battle that they fought during the entire war.[2]