Wuhan campaign

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battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War military campaign

The Wuhan campaign was a major 1938 military operation in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, marked by large-scale battles and heavy casualties as Japan sought to capture the strategic city of Wuhan.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Wuhan	1
Battle of Wuhan air campaign	1
Wuhan Campaign	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
characteristic	heavy casualties ⓘ large-scale battles ⓘ prolonged fighting ⓘ
commandedBy	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ surface form: Chinese commander Chiang Kai-shek Japanese Central China Area Army commanders ⓘ
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	1938-10 ⓘ
followedBy	Japanese advance into south-central China ⓘ
front	Central China Front ⓘ
hasCause	Japanese attempt to capture Wuhan ⓘ
historicalContext	Sino-Japanese hostilities in the 1930s ⓘ
historicalRegion	Hubei Province ⓘ
impact	Japanese control over key Yangtze River corridor ⓘ further weakening of Chinese central government position ⓘ
involves	air operations ⓘ ground forces ⓘ naval support on Yangtze River ⓘ
location	Wuhan ⓘ central China ⓘ
notableFor	defense of Wuhan as temporary Chinese capital region ⓘ extensive use of air power ⓘ large-scale troop concentrations ⓘ
objective	capture of Wuhan by Japanese forces ⓘ
partOf	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of China Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
precededBy	Battle of Xuzhou ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of Nanjing ⓘ Battle of Shanghai (1937) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Shanghai Wuhan ⓘ
result	Japanese victory ⓘ fall of Wuhan ⓘ
startTime	1938-06 ⓘ
strategicImportance	major transportation hub ⓘ political center of Nationalist China ⓘ
theater	China Theater ⓘ surface form: China theater of World War II
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
year	1938 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Battle of Wuhan → alsoKnownAs → Wuhan campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wuhan Campaign

Central China Front → conflict → Wuhan campaign ⓘ

Japanese Central China Area Army → notableCampaign → Wuhan campaign ⓘ

Central China Front → notableOperation → Wuhan campaign ⓘ

Japanese Central China Area Army commanders → notableOperation → Wuhan campaign ⓘ

Japanese occupation of China → significantEvent → Wuhan campaign ⓘ

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → significantEvent → Wuhan campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Wuhan

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → significantEvent → Wuhan campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Wuhan air campaign