Battle of Changsha (1941)

Second Battle of Changsha
	Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
	; A Japanese soldier firing a Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun across the Miluo river in September 1941
Date	September 6 – October 8, 1941; (1 month and 2 days)
Location	Changsha, Republic of China
Result	Chinese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Xue Yue	Korechika Anami
Units involved
Republic of China Army	Imperial Japanese Army; Imperial Japanese Navy
Strength
300,000; 30 divisions; 631 artillery pieces	120,000 troops; 46 battalions; 326 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
Ninth Military Front :; 23,858 killed; 35,220 wounded; 11,594 missing Supporting Operations :; Third Military Front : 1,600+ casualties; ; Fifth Military Front : 790 casualties; ; Sixth Military Front in the Yichang offensive : 21,368 casualties; ; Total : nearly 100,000 killed, wounded, or missing	1,670 killed; 5,184 wounded; 14 missing Japanese infantry companies who participated in the battle estimated to have suffered 60% casualties (based on an estimate from a company commander's assumption of 35 deaths out of his 200 troops before participating in the Third Battle of Changsha). According to division commander Eitaro Uchiyama, the 13th division was on the verge of being wiped out in the Yichang offensive, to the point of preparing the suicide site for him and senior officers of the division and being ready to burn the flag of the 104th infantry regiment. 65th Infantry Regiment suffer serious casualties, with 213 killed in action according to the military history compiled by war veterans of the regiment after the war. However, based on the number of supplements and the number of people added, the number of people killed in action was much higher than 213. 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment had a reduction of about 350 personnel from 25th May 1941 until 5th March 1942 (including losses from the Third Battle of Changsha and non-combat losses)

The (Second) Battle of Changsha (6 September – 8 October 1941; Chinese: 第二次長沙會戰) was Japan's second attempt at taking the city of Changsha, China, the capital of Hunan Province, as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The Japanese were repulsed again, and the battle ended with a Chinese victory.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Japanese Monograph No. 179, Central China Area Operations Record 1937-1941 pp. 265
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 抗日戰史: 第二次長沙會戰. 史政局. 1966.
^ "川军围歼日本山崎大队，绝望日军用手雷集体自杀". 鳳凰網. 2017-08-05. Archived from the original on 2023-12-17. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ 日本防衛廳防衛研修所戰史室編撰;廖運潘譯.《日軍對華作戰紀要叢書 3 初期陸軍作戰：歐戰爆發前後之對華和戰》，臺北市 : 國防部史政編譯局, 民76，p562
^ 星半三郎編，《若松聯隊回想錄》，1977年，會津若松市：若松聯隊記念事業實行委員會，p179-182
^ “Brief History of Central China Area Unit (Part 5) / Partition 3” Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) Ref.C12122443800, Brief History of Central China Area Unit (Part 5) (National Institute for Defense Studies)

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[JM-179-1] Japanese Monograph No. 179, Central China Area Operations Record 1937-1941 pp. 265

[抗日戰史-2] 抗日戰史: 第二次長沙會戰. 史政局. 1966.

[3] "川军围歼日本山崎大队，绝望日军用手雷集体自杀". 鳳凰網. 2017-08-05. Archived from the original on 2023-12-17. Retrieved 2023-12-17.

[4] 日本防衛廳防衛研修所戰史室編撰;廖運潘譯.《日軍對華作戰紀要叢書 3 初期陸軍作戰：歐戰爆發前後之對華和戰》，臺北市 : 國防部史政編譯局, 民76，p562

[5] 星半三郎編，《若松聯隊回想錄》，1977年，會津若松市：若松聯隊記念事業實行委員會，p179-182

[6] “Brief History of Central China Area Unit (Part 5) / Partition 3” Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) Ref.C12122443800, Brief History of Central China Area Unit (Part 5) (National Institute for Defense Studies)

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