ORDER OF BATTLE // March 14, 1941
Battle of Shanggao
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 159,764 estimated
Republic of China
94,764
Medium-confidence figure
Empire of Japan
65,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Shanggao, designated Operation Kinkō by the Japanese, was one of 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The engagement involved a Chinese force of nearly 95,000 under Luo Zhuoying against a Japanese force of 65,000 under Korechika Anami. Chinese casualties of approximately 17,700 exceeded Japanese losses of around 5,500, reflecting the attritional pattern common to the wider conflict in which the National Revolutionary Army sustained disproportionate losses while continuing to contest Japanese operational advances in China.
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