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Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign

Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II

A Japanese soldier with 50 mm heavy grenade discharger during the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, 30 May 1942
Date (1942-05-15) (1942-09-04)May 15 – September 4, 1942
(3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Vicinity of Zhejiang, Jiangxi
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
 China
 United States
 Japan
Commanders and leaders
Republic of China (1912–1949) Gu Zhutong
Republic of China (1912–1949) Shangguan Yunxiang
Republic of China (1912–1949) Tang Shih-Tsun
Republic of China (1912–1949) Wang Jingjiu
Republic of China (1912–1949) Li Jue
Republic of China (1912–1949) Xue Yue
Republic of China (1912–1949) Ou Zhen
Republic of China (1912–1949) Shi Zhongcheng
Republic of China (1912–1949) Wang Yaowu
Republic of China (1912–1949) Xia Chuzhong
Republic of China (1912–1949) Sun Du
Republic of China (1912–1949) Feng Sheng-Fa
Republic of China (1912–1949) Ding Zhipan
Republic of China (1912–1949) Wang Tieh-Han
Republic of China (1912–1949) Chang Wen-Ching
Republic of China (1912–1949) Tao Kuang
Republic of China (1912–1949) Liu Yu-Ching
Republic of China (1912–1949) Fan Tse-Ying
Republic of China (1912–1949) Mo Yu-Shuo
Empire of Japan Shunroku Hata
Empire of Japan Shigeru Sawada
Empire of Japan Korechika Anami
Empire of Japan Sanji Ōkido
Empire of Japan Tetsuzo Ide
Empire of Japan Takayuki Uchida
Empire of Japan Toshijiro Takeuchi
Empire of Japan Johkichi Nanbu
Empire of Japan Haruo Yamamura
Empire of Japan Hachiro Tagami
Empire of Japan Tagaji Takahashi
Empire of Japan Shigeru Ōga
Empire of Japan Saburo Takehara
Empire of Japan Takejiro Imai
Empire of Japan Tokutaro Ide
Empire of Japan Giichi Hirano
Empire of Japan Naotsugu Sakai 
Units involved
 Republic of China Army  Imperial Japanese Army
Empire of Japan Unit 731
Strength
300,000 180,000
Casualties and losses
70,000+ killed, wounded, or missing [1] 36,000[citation needed]
250,000 Chinese killed[2]

The Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign or the Chekiang–Kiangsi campaign (Japanese: 浙贛作戦, simplified Chinese: 浙赣战役; traditional Chinese: 浙赣戰役; pinyin: Zhè-Gàn Zhànyì), also known as Operation Sei-go (Japanese: せ号作戦), was a campaign by the China Expeditionary Army of the Imperial Japanese Army under Shunroku Hata and Chinese 3rd War Area forces under Gu Zhutong in Chinese provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi from mid May to early September 1942.

  1. ^ 抗日戰史-浙贛會戰. 國防部史政局.
  2. ^ Carter, James (2022). "The Costs of Alliance: The Doolittle Raid and China." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society China, 82(1), 56-68.

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