Battle of Nanchang

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The Battle of Nanchang was a major 1939 military engagement between Chinese Nationalist forces and the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, notable for intense fighting over control of strategic transport and supply routes in Jiangxi province.

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Battle of Nanchang canonical 2
Nanchang Campaign 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Nanchang
surface form: Nanchang Campaign
belligerentSide Nationalist Government of China
surface form: Chinese Nationalist government

China Expeditionary Army
surface form: Japanese China Expeditionary Army
combatant Imperial Japanese Army
National Revolutionary Army
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
conflictType conventional warfare
countryInvolved Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Republic of China
endTime 1939-05-09
followedBy Battle of Changsha
hasCause Chinese resistance to Japanese occupation
Japanese attempt to consolidate control over Jiangxi
hasParticipant Chinese National Revolutionary Army divisions
surface form: Chinese National Revolutionary Army units

Japanese infantry divisions
historicalEra Pacific War
surface form: World War II in Asia
impact strengthening of Japanese logistical position in central China
weakening of Chinese control in Jiangxi
involves air support
artillery operations
ground forces
isPartOf Japanese campaigns to cut Chinese supply lines
location China
Jiangxi Province
surface form: Jiangxi province

Nanchang
militaryTheater central China
notableFor fighting over transport and supply routes
intense urban and positional fighting
objective control of Nanchang
control of strategic transport routes in Jiangxi
disruption of Chinese supply lines
opponent Central Army of the Kuomintang
surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces

Imperial Japanese Army
partOf Japanese offensive operations in central China
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: War of Resistance against Japan
precededBy Battle of Wuhan
region southeastern China
result Japanese victory
startTime 1939-03-17
strategicImportance railway connections in Jiangxi
river transport routes in central China
theatre Chinese theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War
surface form: Chinese theatre of World War II
timePeriod 1939
year 1939

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Battle of Wuhan followedBy Battle of Nanchang
Battle of Nanchang alsoKnownAs Battle of Nanchang
this entity surface form: Nanchang Campaign
Japanese 18th Division notableEngagement Battle of Nanchang