Battle of Wuhan
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The Battle of Wuhan Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: was a major battle in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japan won the battle with great losses.
After the Battle of Xuzhou, the Japanese army moved south to attack Wuhan. More than 1 million National Revolutionary Army troops were gathered, with Chiang Kai-shek himself in command, to defend Wuhan from the Imperial Japanese Army led by Yasuji Okamura.
After four months of violent battles, the Chinese air force and naval force was destroyed, and Japanese occupied Wuhan. However, most of the Chinese troops survived, and the Japanese army was considerably weakened.
Order of battle
See Order of battle of Battle of Wuhan.External links
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