1939-09-17 - 1939-10-06

First Changsha campaign

ChangshaChangsha · Nationalist forces checked the Japanese advance on Changsha and held the Hunan defensive line.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Battles of Khalkhin Gol
  2. Bain Tsagan fighting at Khalkhin Gol
  3. Soviet-Mongolian offensive at Khalkhin Gol
  4. First Changsha campaignCurrent record
  5. Battle of Kunlun Pass
  6. Wang Jingwei regime established
  7. Zaoyang-Yichang campaign
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Context

The Changsha campaign shows that China’s inland front did not collapse despite expanding Japanese control.

Sources and media

Second Sino-Japanese War overview and modern Chinese military source lanes are linked.

Media

Imperial Japanese Army troops at Changsha, September 1939Visual recordImperial Japanese Army troops at Changsha, September 1939Imperial Japanese Army troops during the 1939 Battle of Changsha.

Source Trail

ReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Second Sino-Japanese WarOpen sourceMedia RecordWikimedia Commons · IJA,_Battle_of_Changsha,_China,_September_1939.jpgOpen source