Central Hopei Operation

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Central Hopei Operation
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Date 25 November - 30 November 1940
Location Central Hopei
Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China Imperial Japanese Army, Empire of Japan
Commanders
Li Zongren Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe
Strength
5th War Area: River West Army Group, Right Army Group, Central Army Group 11th Army: 3rd, 4th, 15th, 17th, 39th, 40th Divisions, 18th Independent Mixed Brigade
Casualties and losses
 ? 12,000 men (Chinese claim)
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Second Sino-Japanese

War
Major engagements in bold
Before Second Sino-Japanese War
Mukden - Manchuria - (Jiangqiao - Nenjiang Bridge - Chinchow - Harbin) - Shanghai (1932) - Pacification of Manchukuo - Rehe - Great Wall - Inner Mongolia - (Suiyuan)
Began in 1937-1939
Marco Polo Bridge - Beiping-Tianjin - Chahar - Shanghai (1937) (Sihang Warehouse) - Beiping-Hankou Railway - Tianjin-Pukou Railway - Taiyuan - (Pingxingguan) - Xinkou - Nanjing - Xuzhou - Taierzhuang - N.-E.Henan - (Lanfeng) - Amoy - Chongqing - Wuhan - (Wanjialing) - Canton - (Hainan) - Nanchang - (Xiushui River) - Suixian-Zaoyang - (Swatow) - 1st Changsha - S.Guangxi - (Kunlun Pass) - Winter Offensive - (Wuyuan)
Began in 1940-1942
Zaoyang-Yichang - Hundred Regiments - C. Hupei - S.Henan - W. Hopei - Shanggao - S.Shanxi - 2nd Changsha - 3rd Changsha - Yunnan-Burma Road - (Toungoo) - (Yenangyaung) - Zhejiang-Jiangxi - Sichuan Invasion
Began in 1943-1945
W.Hubei - N.Burma-W.Yunnan - Changde - Ichi-Go - C.Henan - 4th Changsha - Guilin-Liuzhou - W.Henan-N.Hubei - W.Hunan - 2nd Guangxi - Operation August Storm

The Central Hopei Operation was one of the engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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  • Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed. ,1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung , Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China. Pg. 339-342. Map 22.

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