Defense of the Great Wall

Defense of the Great Wall
Part of the Inner Mongolian Campaign

Great Wall, 1933
Date (1933-01-01) (1933-05-31)January 1 – May 31, 1933
(4 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Eastern end of the Great Wall of China
Result
Belligerents
Republic of China (1912–1949) China

Empire of Japan Japan

Commanders and leaders
Strength
Northeastern Army: 50,000+ Japan: 50,000
Manchukuo: 42,000
Casualties and losses
From 1 January until 24 May 1933[1] :
518 officers and 15,248 soldiers killed
1,122 officers and 21,501 soldiers wounded

From January until May 1933[2] : 2,400 casualties

In the Rehe Campaign (24 February until 18 March 1933)[1] : 171 combat deaths.

The defense of the Great Wall (simplified Chinese: 长城抗战; traditional Chinese: 長城抗戰; pinyin: Chángchéng Kàngzhàn) (January 1 – May 31, 1933) was a campaign between the armies of Republic of China and Empire of Japan, which took place before the Second Sino-Japanese War officially commenced in 1937 and after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931. It is known in Japanese as Operation Nekka (熱河作戰, Nekka Sakusen) and in many English sources as the First Battle of Hopei.

During this campaign, Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang, and incorporated it into the newly created state of Manchukuo, whose southern frontier was thus extended to the Great Wall of China.

  1. ^ a b Keshi, Jiang (2020-02-10). "热河作战日军的死亡人数考证". blog.wenxuecity.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  2. ^ Zhongliang, Zhang (2014). 抗战文学与正面战场. 社会科学文献出版社. p. 172.

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