✦ History

Part of Second Sino-Japanese War

1939–1940 Winter Offensive

November 1939 – March 1940 · China

Result Japanese victory

Chinese Nationalist forces began their largest offensive of the war against Japanese positions across many fronts. The offensive caused heavy losses but did not retake much ground.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Axis

Republic of China
Japan
Mengjiang
Li Zongren military commander Fu Zuoyi military commander Xue Yue military commander Wei Lihuang military commander Chang Fa-kwei military commander Bai Chongxi military commander Gu Zhutong military commander
Yasuji Okamura military commander Toshizō Nishio military commander Rikichi Andō military commander Hayao Tada military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
1,480,353
Strength
850,000
Killed
20,000 disputed
Captured
c. 400
Guns captured
11

Units

106th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 26th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)