Battle of Kunlun Pass

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Kunlun Pass was a major 1939–1940 clash between Chinese and Japanese forces in Guangxi, China, where Chinese troops achieved a significant victory that helped disrupt Japanese advances in southern China.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Kunlun Pass canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
armedForce	Chinese National Revolutionary Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese China Expeditionary Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ National Revolutionary Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign	Japanese campaign to cut Chinese supply routes from French Indochina ⓘ
casualties	heavy Japanese casualties ⓘ significant Chinese casualties ⓘ
combatant	Chinese forces ⓘ Japanese forces ⓘ
conflict	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
countryInvolved	Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateRange	1939–1940 ⓘ
endDate	1940-01-11 ⓘ
era	World War II in Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
front	Guangxi front NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalFeature	mountain pass ⓘ
hasCommander	Bai Chongxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Masao Nakamura NERFINISHED ⓘ Masao Watanabe NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhang Fakui NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	China NERFINISHED ⓘ Guangxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunlun Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTheater	Southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	ambush and destruction of Japanese supply columns ⓘ death of Japanese brigade commander Masao Nakamura ⓘ
notableUnit	Chinese 5th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese 21st Infantry Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Chinese Nationalist government NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese government NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Guangxi campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of Nanning NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Chinese victory ⓘ
significance	boosted Chinese morale ⓘ first major Chinese victory after the fall of Wuhan ⓘ temporarily checked Japanese operations in Guangxi ⓘ
startDate	1939-12-18 ⓘ
strategicObjective	disruption of Japanese advance in southern China ⓘ relief of Nanning ⓘ
tacticsUsed	ambush ⓘ encirclement ⓘ mountain warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of South Guangxi → followedBy → Battle of Kunlun Pass ⓘ

Battle of South Guangxi → includedEngagement → Battle of Kunlun Pass ⓘ