1933-03-04 - 1933-05-31

Defense of the Great Wall

Great Wall frontGreat Wall · Nationalist forces tried to stop the Japanese advance along the Great Wall after the loss of Jehol.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Yun Bong-gil action at Hongkou Park
  2. May 15 Incident
  3. Jehol campaign
  4. Defense of the Great WallCurrent record
  5. Japan gives notice of League withdrawal
  6. Tanggu Truce
  7. Fujian People’s Government established
See all 81

Context

The Great Wall defense was fought at the hinge between Manchuria and North China, leaving North China as an unstable military-diplomatic buffer.

Sources and media

Second Sino-Japanese War overview sources and JACAR records are linked first.

Media

Japanese forces at the Great Wall defenseVisual recordJapanese forces at the Great Wall defenseA photograph of Japanese forces during the 1933 Defense of the Great Wall.

Source Trail

ReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Second Sino-Japanese WarOpen sourcePrimary SourceJACAR · Japan Center for Asian Historical RecordsOpen sourceMedia RecordWikimedia Commons · Greatwall 1933 japan.jpgOpen source