Battle of Xinkou

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Battle of Xinkou
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Chinese troops marching to defend Xinkou mountain passes
Date (1937-10-11) (1937-11-05)October 11 – November 5, 1937 (3 weeks and 4 days) Location Niangzi Pass and Taiyuan in China Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
China Chinese Nationalist Party Chinese Communist Party	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Yan Xishan Yang Aiyuan Wei Lihuang Zhu De Fu Zuoyi Li Mo'an Hao Mengling †	Itagaki Seishiro
Strength
280,000 in 52 divisions	140,000 in 4 divisions 350+ artillery guns 150+ tanks 300 aircraft
Casualties and losses
Western Claim : 100,000 dead, injured or missing Chinese claim : 55,094 killed, wounded, or missing[1]	Western Claim : 20,000 killed Tens of thousands more wounded Dozens of tanks and 24+ planes Chinese Claim : 21,000 casualties[1] Japanese Claim : 6,245 casualties[2]

The Battle of Xinkou (simplified Chinese: 忻口会战; traditional Chinese: 忻口會戰; pinyin: Xīnkǒu Huìzhàn) was a decisive engagement of the Taiyuan Campaign, the second of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.