Battle of Beiping–Tianjin

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battle event in the Second Sino-Japanese War military campaign

The Battle of Beiping–Tianjin was an early major campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, in which Japanese forces captured the key northern Chinese cities of Beiping (Beijing) and Tianjin.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Beiping-Tianjin	1
Battle of Lugou Bridge	1
Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation	1
Japanese North China campaign	1
Peiping–Tientsin campaign	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ surface form: Battle of Beiping-Tianjin Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ surface form: Peiping–Tientsin campaign
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Republic of China ⓘ
category	1937 in China ⓘ Battles involving China ⓘ Battles involving Japan ⓘ Military history of Beijing ⓘ Military history of Tianjin ⓘ
cause	escalation of tensions after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ
combatant	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
commander	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ Itagaki Seishirō ⓘ Kiyoshi Katsuki ⓘ Song Zheyuan ⓘ
conflict	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Republic of China ⓘ
dateOfJapaneseCaptureOfBeiping	1937-07-29 ⓘ
dateOfJapaneseCaptureOfTianjin	1937-07-30 ⓘ
endDate	1937-08-31 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Taiyuan ⓘ Battle of Beiping–Tianjin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
front	Northern China front ⓘ
historicalEra	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: World War II in Asia
historicalPeriod	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
involvedUnit	29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army ⓘ surface form: 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army Japanese China Garrison Army ⓘ Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ surface form: Japanese Kwantung Army detachments
location	Beijing ⓘ surface form: Beiping Hebei ⓘ North China ⓘ Tianjin ⓘ
objective	capture of Beiping ⓘ capture of Tianjin ⓘ
outcome	Japanese occupation of North China ⓘ surface form: Japanese occupation of Beiping Japanese occupation of North China ⓘ surface form: Japanese occupation of Tianjin
partOf	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
precededBy	Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ
result	Japanese victory ⓘ
significance	early major campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
startDate	1937-07-25 ⓘ
theater	Japanese occupation of North China ⓘ surface form: North China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War
year	1937 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Battle of Beiping–Tianjin → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Beiping-Tianjin

Battle of Beiping–Tianjin → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peiping–Tientsin campaign

Japanese China Garrison Army → engagedIn → Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ

Battle of Beiping–Tianjin → followedBy → Battle of Beiping–Tianjin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation

Marco Polo Bridge Incident → followedBy → Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ

29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Lugou Bridge

Battle of Taiyuan → partOf → Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese North China campaign

Battle of Shanghai (1937) → precededBy → Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ