Battle of Pingxingguan

September 24–25, 1937 · Pingxing Pass

Result Japanese victory

The Chinese Communist Eighth Route Army ambushed a Japanese supply column at Pingxingguan pass in Shanxi. It was one of the first Chinese victories of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Axis

Republic of China

Communist Party of China

Japan

Zhu De military commander

Yen Hsi-shan military commander

Lin Biao military commander

Fu Zuoyi military commander

Yang Aiyuan military commander

Seishirō Itagaki military commander

Strength and losses

Republic of China Strength 158,307 · Casualties 39,402

Communist Party of China Strength 6,000 · Casualties c. 400

Casualties: 2,952 disputed
Killed: 527
Wounded: 961
Missing: 18

Units

Eighth Route Army National Revolutionary Army