Defense of the Great Wall

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Defense of the Great Wall was a 1933 military campaign in which Chinese forces attempted to resist Japanese invasion along the Great Wall region of northern China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military campaign
aim to resist Japanese advance south of the Great Wall
alsoKnownAs Defense of the Great Wall
surface form: Great Wall Campaign

Great Wall War
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army
Manchukuo Imperial Army
National Revolutionary Army
casusBelli Japanese expansion into Rehe and Hebei
combatantCommander He Yingqin
Nobuyoshi Mutō
Song Zheyuan
Yoshijirō Umezu
conflictType Second Sino-Japanese War precursor
countryInvolved Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Republic of China
endDate 1933-05
followedBy Tanggu Truce
historicalPeriod Republican era of China
surface form: Republic of China era
militaryTheater North China
notableLocation Gubeikou
Lengkou Pass
Shanhaiguan Pass
surface form: Shanhaiguan
opponent China
Japan
outcome Chinese withdrawal from Rehe
Japanese occupation of Rehe
demilitarization of parts of Hebei
partOf Interwar conflicts in China
Japanese occupation of North China
surface form: Japanese invasion of northern China
place Great Wall region
Hebei
Rehe
North China
surface form: northern China
precededBy Japanese occupation of Manchuria
primaryFront Great Wall of China
surface form: Great Wall fortifications
relatedTo Japanese occupation of Manchuria
surface form: Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Mukden Incident
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
result Japanese victory
significance consolidated Japanese control north of the Great Wall
weakened Chinese strategic position in North China
startDate 1933-01
weaponTypeUsed aircraft
artillery
infantry small arms
year 1933

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Chinese Northeastern Army engagedInConflict Defense of the Great Wall
this entity surface form: Defense of the Great Wall (1933)
Defense of the Great Wall alsoKnownAs Defense of the Great Wall
this entity surface form: Great Wall Campaign
Gubeikou Pass involvedInConflict Defense of the Great Wall
this entity surface form: Great Wall Campaign of 1933
Tanggu Truce relatedTo Defense of the Great Wall
this entity surface form: Great Wall Campaign
Great Wall War alsoKnownAs Defense of the Great Wall