Battle of South Guangxi

Battle of South Guangxi Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War Date 15 November 1939 – 30 November 1940 Location South Guangxi Result Decisive Chinese victory Belligerents  Republic of China  Empire of Japan Commanders and leaders Bai Chongxi, Zhang Fakui Seiichi Kuno Strength 150,000 men, initially only 2 understrength army groups, reinforced by 2 army groups, including 200th Division (only mechanized force in NRA) 100,000 men,[1] 5th Division, 18th Division(partial), Guards Mixed Brigade, Taiwan Mixed Brigade 100 planes[2] 70 warships[2] 2 aircraft carriers[2] Casualties and losses Military casualties: 5,600 killed 11,000 injured 800 missing 6,416 other casualties Total: 23,816 military casualties[2][3][4] Civilian casualties: 11,147 killed[3] 2,161 wounded[3] 3,986 missing [3] Total: 17,294 civilian casualties 45 billion yuan worth of private and public property damage[3] 4,000+ killed (including 85% of all officers) 4,000+ wounded 100 captured Total: 8,100+ casualties[2][3][4][5]

Second Sino-Japanese War Major engagements in bold Began in 1931–37 Mukden Manchuria Jiangqiao Nenjiang Bridge Jinzhou Harbin Shanghai (1932) Pacification of Manchukuo Rehe Great Wall Inner Mongolia Suiyuan Began in 1937–39 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 West Suiyuan Wuyuan Began in 1940–42 Zaoyang-Yichang Hundred Regiments N. Vietnam C. Hubei S.Henan W. Hebei Shanggao S.Shanxi 2nd Changsha 3rd Changsha Yunnan-Burma Road Tachiao Oktwin Toungoo Yenangyaung Zhejiang-Jiangxi Sichuan invasion Began in 1943–45 W.Hubei N.Burma-W.Yunnan Changde Ichi-Go C.Henan 4th Changsha Hengyang Guilin-Liuzhou Mt. Song W.Henan-N.Hubei W.Hunan 2nd Guangxi Others Aerial engagements

The Battle of South Guangxi (simplified Chinese: 桂南会战; traditional Chinese: 桂南會戰; pinyin: Guìnán Huìzhàn) was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

In November 1939, the Japanese landed on the coast of Guangxi and captured Nanning. In this battle, the Japanese successfully cut off Chongqing from the ocean, effectively severing foreign aid to China's war efforts by the sea, rendering Indochina, the Burma Road and The Hump the only ways to send aid to China.

The Chinese were able to launch several major offensives that maximized Japanese casualties. A majority of the conflicts occurred in the contention for Kunlun Pass. With the success of the Vietnam Expedition in September 1940, the Japanese were able to cut China off from Indochina. Now only the Burma Road and The Hump remained, ending the costly necessity of occupying Guangxi. By November 1940, Japanese forces had evacuated from Guangxi except from some coastal enclaves.

Order of battle

Gallery

Sources

• 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. 311-318, Pg. 325-327,
  • Map 18
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, China 1:250,000, Series L500, U.S. Army Map Service, 1954- . Topographic Maps of China during the Second World War.
  • These two maps cover the area where most of the fighting went on in the Guangxi campaign:
  • Lai-Pin nf49-1, has the Kunlun Pass just above where the road from Nanning enters the map:
  • Nanning nf49-5

References

External links

• Axis History forum: The Sino-Japanese War(Campaigns in detail) OCCUPATION OF PAKHOI AND NANNING

Coordinates: 23°48′20″N 108°59′02″E / 23.8055°N 108.9840°E / 23.8055; 108.9840