1939-02-10

Hainan Island operation

mainland ChinaHainan Island operation is a campaign record, situated in the attritional-war phase in which rear capitals, guerrilla bases, and occupation administrations hardened. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Other events in this phase

China Total War and Rear Areas118
  1. Nanyue military conference
  2. Hubei-Henan-Anhui base areas reorganized
  3. Shandong anti-Japanese base areas expand
  4. Hainan Island operationCurrent record
  5. Nanchang campaign
  6. Suixian-Zaoyang campaign
  7. Suizao campaign
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Wartime Position

the attritional phase where rear capitals, occupation rule, guerrilla bases, and Allied supply routes coexisted

Hainan Island operation is a campaign record, situated in the attritional-war phase in which rear capitals, guerrilla bases, and occupation administrations hardened. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around mainland China clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Japanese troops during the Hainan Island operation and Wikimedia Commons · Invasion of Hainan Island by Asahi Shimbun provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Japanese troops during the Hainan Island operationVisual recordJapanese troops during the Hainan Island operationA photograph of the Hainan operation and Japan’s South China Sea base expansion.

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Invasion of Hainan Island by Asahi ShimbunOpen source