Battle of Wuhan

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Wuhan was a major 1938 military confrontation between Chinese and Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, notable for its scale and heavy casualties.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Wuhan Operation 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wuhan campaign ⓘ
surface form: Wuhan Campaign

Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
surface form: Wuhan Operation
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Republic of China ⓘ
campaign Central China Front ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Central China campaign
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
category 1938 in China ⓘ
Battles involving Japan ⓘ
Battles involving the Republic of China ⓘ
cityInvolved Wuhan ⓘ
surface form: Hankou

Hanyang ⓘ
Wuhan ⓘ
surface form: Wuchang
combatant Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
commandingOfficer Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
He Yingqin ⓘ
Shunroku Hata ⓘ
Okamura Yasuji ⓘ
surface form: Yasuji Okamura
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
country Republic of China ⓘ
endDate 1938-10-27 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Nanchang ⓘ
front Chinese front in the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
historicalPeriod Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War era

Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: World War II in Asia
location China ⓘ
Hubei Province ⓘ
surface form: Hubei

Wuhan ⓘ
notableFor heavy casualties ⓘ
large scale of forces involved ⓘ
prolonged urban and surrounding-area fighting ⓘ
partOf Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
precededBy Battle of Xuzhou ⓘ
result Japanese victory ⓘ
river Yangtze River ⓘ
significance major attempt by Japan to destroy Chinese main forces ⓘ
one of the largest battles in the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
startDate 1938-06-11 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Wuhan by Japanese forces ⓘ
defense of Wuhan by Chinese forces ⓘ
theater Central China Area Army ⓘ
surface form: Central China Theater
typeOfWarfare air warfare ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
naval support operations ⓘ
year 1938 ⓘ

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

Battle of Wuhan → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wuhan Operation
Wuhan campaign → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
Japanese 10th Division → conflict → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
Japanese 11th Division → conflict → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
Japanese 3rd Division → conflict → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
Chinese 71st Army → engagement → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
Battle of Xuzhou → followedBy → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
Bai Chongxi → notableBattle → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
Guomin Gemingjun → notableBattle → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
NRA → notableBattle → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army
Japanese 10th Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
Japanese 5th Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ