Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
Military action of the Second Sino-Japanese War fought in the proximity of Beijing and Tianjin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Battle of Tianjin" redirects here. For the other battle with a different romanization, see Battle of Tientsin.
This article is about 1937 battle. For list of other battles also called "Battle of Beijing", see Battle of Beijing.
The Battle of Beiping–Tianjin (simplified Chinese: 平津作战; traditional Chinese: 平津作戰; pinyin: Píng Jīn Zùozhàn), also known as the Battle of Beiping, Battle of Peiping, Battle of Beijing, Battle of Peiking, the Peiking–Tientsin Operation, and by the Japanese as the North China Incident (北支事変, Hokushi jihen) (25–31 July 1937) was a series of battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War fought in the proximity of Beiping (now Beijing) and Tianjin. It resulted in a Japanese victory.
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Battle of Beiping-Tianjin | |||||||
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Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||
Japanese troops march into the Zhengyangmen gate in Beijing after capturing the city. | |||||||
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China | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Kanichiro Tashiro Kiyoshi Katsuki |
Song Zheyuan Zhao Dengyu † Tong Linge † | ||||||
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180,000+[1] | ~75,000+ |
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