Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation

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Peiking – Hankow Railway Operation Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War Date August – December 1937 Location Result Japanese victory Belligerents  Empire of Japan, North China Area Army, 1st Army, 2nd Army China, National Revolutionary Army Commanders Hisaichi Terauchi, Kiyoshi Katsuki, Toshizo Nishio Chang Kai-shek, Liu Chih, Shang Zhen, Tang Enbo Strength  ?  ? Casualties and losses  ?  ?

v • d • e Second Sino-Japanese War Major engagements in bold Before Second Sino-Japanese War Mukden - Manchuria - (Jiangqiao - Nenjiang Bridge - Chinchow - Harbin) - Shanghai (1932) - Pacification of Manchukuo - Rehe - Great Wall - Inner Mongolia - (Suiyuan) Began in 1937–1939 Marco Polo Bridge - Beiping-Tianjin - Chahar - Shanghai (1937) (Sihang Warehouse) - Beiping-Hankou Railway - Tianjin-Pukou Railway - Taiyuan - (Pingxingguan) - Xinkou - Nanjing - Xuzhou - Taierzhuang - N.-E.Henan - (Lanfeng) - Amoy - Chongqing - Wuhan - (Wanjialing) - Canton - (Hainan) - Nanchang - (Xiushui River) - Suixian-Zaoyang - (Swatow) - 1st Changsha - S.Guangxi - (Kunlun Pass) - Winter Offensive - (Wuyuan) Began in 1940–1942 Zaoyang-Yichang - Hundred Regiments - N. Vietnam - C. Hupei - S.Henan - W. Hopei - Shanggao - S.Shanxi - 2nd Changsha - 3rd Changsha - Yunnan-Burma Road - (Toungoo) - (Yenangyaung) - Zhejiang-Jiangxi - Sichuan Invasion Began in 1943–1945 W.Hubei - N.Burma-W.Yunnan - Changde - Ichi-Go - C.Henan - 4th Changsha - Guilin-Liuzhou - W.Henan-N.Hubei - W.Hunan - 2nd Guangxi

The Japanese 京漢線作戦 or Peiking–Hankou Railway Operation (Mid August – Dec. 1937) was a follow up operation to the Peiking Tientsin Operation of the Japanese army in North China at the beginning of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese advanced to the south along the Peiking - Hankou Railway toward the Yellow River. .

Order of Battle Peiking – Hankou Railway Operation

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