1938-06-11 - 1938-10-27

Battle of Wuhan

WuhanWuhan · The large campaign around China’s wartime center pushed the war into a long inland struggle.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Fall of Nanjing and massacre
  2. Battle of Taierzhuang
  3. Yellow River flood of 1938
  4. Battle of WuhanCurrent record
  5. Fall of Canton
  6. Japanese occupation of Hainan
  7. Nanchang campaign
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Context

Wuhan shows that the Nationalist wartime state continued after Nanjing. Japan seized major cities and rail lines, but it did not end the China war.

Sources

Britannica’s late republican China overview and Second Sino-Japanese War overview are linked together.

Media

Chinese machine-gun position at WuhanVisual recordChinese machine-gun position at WuhanA Chinese machine-gun position during the 1938 Battle of Wuhan.

Source Trail

ReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · History of China, late republican periodOpen sourceReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Second Sino-Japanese WarOpen sourceMedia RecordWikimedia Commons · Wuhan 1938.jpgOpen source