Defense of the Great Wall

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battle military campaign

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.

Aliases (2)

Defense of the Great Wall (1933) ×1
Great Wall Campaign ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military campaign →
aim	to resist Japanese advance south of the Great Wall →
alsoKnownAs	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 NERFINISHED → Song Zheyuan → Yoshijirō Umezu →
conflictType	Second Sino-Japanese War precursor →
countryInvolved	Empire of Japan → Republic of China →
endDate	1933-05 →
followedBy	Tanggu Truce →
historicalPeriod	Republic of China era →
militaryTheater	North China →
notableLocation	Gubeikou → Lengkou Pass → Shanhaiguan →
opponent	China → Japan →
outcome	Chinese withdrawal from Rehe → Japanese occupation of Rehe → demilitarization of parts of Hebei →
partOf	Interwar conflicts in China → Japanese invasion of northern China →
place	Great Wall region → Hebei → Rehe → northern China →
precededBy	Japanese occupation of Manchuria →
primaryFront	Great Wall fortifications →
relatedTo	Japanese invasion of Manchuria → Mukden Incident → 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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Defense of the Great Wall ("Great Wall Campaign") →	alsoKnownAs
29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army →	conflict
Chinese Northeastern Army ("Defense of the Great Wall (1933)") →	engagedInConflict