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BATTLE // November 15, 1939

Battle of South Guangxi

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Overview

The Battle of South Guangxi was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Battle of South Guangxi 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 substantial forces on both sides, with China fielding 150,000 troops under Bai Chongxi and Zhang Fakui against a Japanese force of 100,000 under Rikichi Andō and Seiichi Kuno. The recorded casualty figures are notably asymmetric: China sustained approximately 1,939 casualties while Japan suffered 23,349, suggesting the engagement imposed a significant attrition cost on Japanese forces in the Guangxi theater.

Forces & casualties

Troop strength

  • China150,000
    medium
  • Japan100,000
    medium

China fielded a 1.5 : 1 numerical advantage

Casualties

  • China1,939
    medium1% loss rate
  • Japan23,349
    medium23% loss rate

Commanders (4)

China

Japan

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