CASUALTY RECORD // November 15, 1939
Battle of South Guangxi
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 25,288 estimated
China
1,939
Medium-confidence figure
Japan
23,349
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
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.
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