✦ History

Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation

August 1937 – December 1937

Result Japanese victory

Japanese forces advanced along the Beiping-Hankou railway after taking Beiping and Tianjin. Japan gained control of the line in North China.

Contemporaries

Japan

Allies

Japan
Republic of China
Hisaichi Terauchi military commander Toshizō Nishio military commander

Units

108th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 109th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 16th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 20th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 6th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)