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Marco Polo Bridge Incident
The beginning of the Second Sino- Japanese war. The Japanese units crossed the border of Fengtai to do military excercises. The Chinese exchanged fire with the Japanese. A Japanese soldier failed to return to his post during the incident and the Japanese demanded permission to look for him. The Chinese refused, which created conflict. The soldier,Private Shimura returned to his unit, but the Japanese were already surrounding Wanping. -
Tungchow Mutiny
in Tongzhou, Japanese troops of the East Hopei Army turned against the Japanese, they massacred Japanese military, Japanese civilians and some Koreans working for the Japanese. only 60 Japanese survived. -
Battle of Shangai
(August-November) Kuomintang soldiers and warplanes attacked the Japanese Marine booming the Shanghai International Settlement. The Imperial Japanese Navy sent many deployments expecting to eliminate the Chinese Air Force, but the Chinese fought back. on October 26, the Japanese Army captured Dachangzhen. The Japanese casualties far exceeded what they expected. However, additional reinforcements arrived on Hangzhou bay and on November 9 the National Revolutionary Army began to retreat. -
Falling on Nanking
During the falling on Nanking, the Japanese forces murdered around 300,000 Chinese, which were mostly civilians and surrendered soldiers, and the rape of thousand of women. The falling of Nanking is also known as Nanking Massacre or the Rape of Nanking. -
Battle of Taierzhuang
The Japanese planned to conquer Xuzhou. The Japanese attacked the city failing to consider the number of Chinese troops and were encircled. The Japanese retreated, which scored a major victory for China. -
Battle of Wuhan
The city of Wuhan was the political, economic and military center of China. After the Japanese were defeated during the Taierzhuang Battle the Imperial Japanese Army sent all of its troops to take Wuhan and negotiate with the Kuomintang government. On October 27, Wuhan was captured. Chaing Kai-shek refused to negotiate. -
Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang
One of the major battles between the National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army. To secure their gain after the battle of Wuhan the IJA launched two attacks on Suizhou and Zaoyang. Both cities fell and the NRA had to retreat. However, after 3 days the NRA attacked the IJA from the rear and began to retreat. Both cities were retaken. This battle ended in Chinese victory. -
Winter Offensive
The Japanese kept taking one War Area to another, the Chinese had failed the strategic objective of preventing it. But as the Japan's involvement in WW2 grew, it's focus on the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Winter Offensive "was the start of a long occupation in China that tied down many Japanese division". -
Battle of Zaoyi
The Japanese wanted the Chinese to surrender The Imperial Japanese Army moved directly down to the relocated Chinese Capital, Chongqing. To achieve that they needed to take Yichang first. the Japanese succeeded. -
Hundred Regiments Offensive
The communist regulars kept growing in strength and numbers. Zhu De ordered" a coordinated offensive" against the cities the Japanese held and their railways. Many bridges, tunnels and railways were blown up, resulting in a great victory for China.
