Battle of Taierzhuang
1938 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Taierzhuang (Chinese: 臺兒莊會戰; pinyin: Tái'érzhuāng Huìzhàn) took place during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. It was fought between the armies of the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The battle was that war's first major Chinese victory. It humiliated the Japanese military and its reputation as an invincible force; for the Chinese, it represented a tremendous morale boost.
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Battle of Taierzhuang | |||||||
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Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||
House-to-house fighting in Tai'erzhuang | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Li Zongren Pang Bingxun Sun Lianzhong Han Deqin Bai Chongxi Sun Zhen Tang Enbo Wang Mingzhang † Zhang Zizhong Guan Linzheng |
Rensuke Isogai (10th Division) Itagaki Seishiro (5th Division) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
North China Area Army, 2nd Army | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
100,000–288,000 troops in 10 divisions |
40,000–70,000 troops in 2 divisions 80+ tanks | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
20,000~ casualties[1] |
Harmsen: 20,000 casualties[2]
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The battle was characterized by vicious close quarters combat. The cramped conditions of urban warfare neutralized Japanese advantages in cannon and heavy artillery. Unlike previous engagements, the Chinese managed to resupply their troops whilst also preventing the Japanese from doing the same. After two weeks of heavy fighting, the Japanese were forced out of Taierzhuang with heavy casualties.[4][5]
Tai'erzhuang is located on the eastern bank of the Grand Canal of China and was a frontier garrison northeast of Xuzhou. It was also the terminus of a local branch railway from Lincheng. Xuzhou itself was the junction of the Jinpu railway (Tianjin-Pukou), the Longhai railway (Lanzhou-Lianyungang), and the headquarters of the KMT's 5th War Zone.