1940 (Hundred Regiments Offensive)

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The 1940 Hundred Regiments Offensive was a major Chinese Communist military campaign against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, notable for its large scale and coordination across multiple guerrilla units.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
event in the Second Sino-Japanese War
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Hundred Regiments Offensive
surface form: Hundred Regiments Campaign
associatedWith Chinese Communist Party
Mao Zedong
belligerent Chinese Communist forces
Imperial Japanese Army
collaborationist Chinese forces
commander Liu Bocheng
Nie Rongzhen
Peng Dehuai
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
consequence Japanese Three Alls Policy campaigns in North China
increased Japanese pacification operations
countryInvolved Republic of China
damageInflicted demolition of blockhouses
demolition of tunnels
destruction of railway tracks and bridges
endTime 1940-12
estimatedTroopStrength over 400000 Chinese Communist troops
followedBy intensified Japanese counterinsurgency operations in 1941
hasLanguageName Hundred Regiments Offensive
surface form: Chinese: 百团大战
historicalDebate later controversy within CCP over responsibility and impact
location Hebei
Henan Province
surface form: Henan

North China
Shanxi Province
surface form: Shanxi

Tianjin–Pukou Railway
surface form: Zhengtai Railway region
notableFor extensive railway sabotage
high level of coordination among guerrilla units
one of the largest Communist-led operations of the war
objective to destroy Japanese blockhouses and strongpoints
to disrupt Japanese rail and road communications
to relieve Japanese pressure on Communist base areas
opposingCommander Okamura Yasuji NERFINISHED
organizedBy National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: Eighth Route Army
partOf Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
precededBy earlier localized Communist guerrilla actions in North China
railwayTargeted Beijing–Hankou Railway
surface form: Jinghan Railway

Zhengtai Railway
surface form: Tongpu Railway

Zhengtai Railway
result strategic Japanese countermeasures
tactical Chinese Communist success
scale involved more than 100 regiments
startTime 1940-08
strategy large-scale coordinated guerrilla attacks
sabotage of railways and bridges
theaterOfWar North China
surface form: North China theater
year 1940

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National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army dateOfEngagement 1940 (Hundred Regiments Offensive)