Hundred Regiments Offensive

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The Hundred Regiments Offensive was a major 1940 Chinese Communist-led campaign against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, notable for its large-scale guerrilla and conventional operations in North China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military offensive
aftermath intensified Japanese pacification campaigns in North China
internal controversy within the Chinese Communist Party over its political impact
alsoKnownAs Hundred Regiments Offensive
surface form: Hundred Regiments Campaign
belligerent Chinese Red Army
surface form: Chinese Communist forces

Imperial Japanese Army
collaborationist Chinese forces
commander Liu Bocheng
Nie Rongzhen
Okamura Yasuji
Peng Dehuai
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
countryInvolved Republic of China
date 1940
endDate 1940-12
forceInvolved National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: Eighth Route Army 115th Division

National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: Eighth Route Army 120th Division

Eighth Route Army 129th Division
historicalSignificance largest Communist-led campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War up to that time
ledBy Chinese Communist Party
location Hebei
Henan Province
surface form: Henan

North China
Shanxi Province
surface form: Shanxi
notableFor coordination of multiple Communist base areas
extensive sabotage of railway infrastructure
numberOfRegimentsInvolved over 100
objective to attack Japanese strongpoints
to destroy Japanese-controlled railways
to disrupt Japanese lines of communication
operationType conventional warfare
guerrilla warfare
organizedBy National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: Eighth Route Army
partOf Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
primaryTheater North China Plain
railwayTarget Tianjin–Pukou Railway
surface form: Jinpu Railway

Zhengtai Railway
surface form: Tongpu Railway

Zhengtai Railway
result strengthening of Japanese “Three Alls” policy
subsequent harsh Japanese countermeasures
tactical Chinese Communist successes
scale large-scale
startDate 1940-08

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National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army engagement Hundred Regiments Offensive
1940 (Hundred Regiments Offensive) alsoKnownAs Hundred Regiments Offensive
subject surface form: 1940 Hundred Regiments Offensive
this entity surface form: Hundred Regiments Campaign
1940 (Hundred Regiments Offensive) hasLanguageName Hundred Regiments Offensive
subject surface form: 1940 Hundred Regiments Offensive
this entity surface form: Chinese: 百团大战
Chinese theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War hasPart Hundred Regiments Offensive
Hundred Regiments Offensive alsoKnownAs Hundred Regiments Offensive
this entity surface form: Hundred Regiments Campaign