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Battle of Nanchang
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| Battle of Nanchang | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 China |
 Empire of Japan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Xue Yue |
 Yasuji Okamura | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Republic of China Army |
Imperial Japanese Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 200,000 troops in 39 divisions in 4 army groups: 19th, 1st, 30th and 32nd Army Groups, Hunan–Hubei–Jiangxii Border Area Guerrilla Command | 120,000 troops in 3 divisions: 6th, 101st and 106th, Ishii Tank Unit (130 tanks and tankettes), 1 cavalry regiment, 1 artillery brigade, 2 artillery regiments (200 artillery pieces), 30+ ships and 50 motor boats and one battalion of Marines, and several air squadrons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 51,328[citation needed] | 64,000[citation needed] | ||||||
The Battle of Nanchang (simplified Chinese: 南昌会战; traditional Chinese: 南昌會戰) was a military campaign fought around Nanchang, Jiangxi between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Japanese Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was the first major conflict to occur following the Battle of Wuhan.
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