Battle of Hengyang

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The Battle of Hengyang was a major World War II engagement in 1944 in which Chinese forces mounted a prolonged and costly defense against the Japanese during the broader Operation Ichi-Go campaign.

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Battle of Hengyang canonical 1
Siege of Hengyang 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Hengyang
surface form: Siege of Hengyang
attacker Imperial Japanese Army
belligerent Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Republic of China
campaign Operation Ichi-Go
casualties heavy Chinese casualties
heavy Japanese casualties
characteristic heavy casualties
prolonged siege
urban combat
commander Fang Xianjue NERFINISHED
Isamu Yokoyama
Toshizō Nishio NERFINISHED
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
countryAtTime Republic of China
defender National Revolutionary Army
defensiveForceStrength outnumbered Chinese defenders
endDate 1944-08-08
followedBy Japanese advance toward Guilin
front China front of World War II
garrison 10th Army (National Revolutionary Army)
historicalPeriod 20th century
location China
Hengyang
Hunan Province
surface form: Hunan
militaryBranchInvolved Chinese forces
surface form: Chinese Army

Imperial Japanese Army
surface form: Imperial Japanese Army ground forces
notableFor delaying Japanese timetable in Operation Ichi-Go
stubborn Chinese resistance
notableUnit 10th Army (National Revolutionary Army)
11th Army (Imperial Japanese Army)
objective capture of Hengyang
securing railway communications in south China
offensiveForceStrength numerically superior Japanese attackers
partOf Operation Ichi-Go
Pacific War
precededBy Battle of Changsha
surface form: Battle of Changsha (1944)
relatedEvent Battle of Changsha
Operation Ichi-Go
result Japanese victory
significance one of the bloodiest battles in the China theater of World War II
startDate 1944-06-22
strategicImportance control of Hunan railway junction
linking Japanese-held territories in northern and southern China
theater Chinese theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War
surface form: China theater of World War II
typeOfEngagement siege
warTheater China
surface form: Mainland China
year 1944

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Operation Go notableBattle Battle of Hengyang
Battle of Hengyang alsoKnownAs Battle of Hengyang
this entity surface form: Siege of Hengyang