✦ History

Part of Second Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Wuhan

June 11 – October 27, 1938 · Battle of Wuhan

Result Japanese victory

Long battle for the city of Wuhan in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japan took the city in October 1938, but the Chinese government had already moved to Chongqing and the fighting cost the Japanese army heavily.

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China

Japan

Republic of China
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek military commander Chen Cheng military commander Li Zongren military commander Xue Yue military commander Chang Fa-kwei military commander Bai Chongxi military commander Zhang Zizhong military commander
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni military commander Yasuji Okamura military commander Shunroku Hata military commander Kan'in Kotohito military commander Shizuichi Tanaka military commander

Strength and losses

Aircraft
200
Ships
30
Strength
350,000–403,200
Aircraft
500

Units

Chinese 9th War Zone 88th Division (National Revolutionary Army)
Central China Expeditionary Army Eleventh Army (Japan) 101st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 106th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 116th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 27th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)