This is a list of the campaigns and military conflicts of the Japanese during the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

. It is not comprehensive.

Prior operations and events

* Shantung Incident (1927–1928) * Mukden Incident (September 18, 1931) * Harbin Incident (January, 1932) * First Battle of Shanghai (January 28, 1932) *Signing of the Wusung-Shanghai accord (March 4, 1932) *

First battle of Hopei The defense of the Great Wall () (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 inv ...

(

Operation Nekka The defense of the Great Wall () (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 in ...

) (March, 1933) * First actions in Chahar (1933) * Actions in Interior Mongolia (1935) * Suiyuan Campaign (1936)

Japanese combats in the China campaign proper (1937-45)

*Lukouchiao bridge incident = Marco Polo Bridge Incident July 1937 * Second battle of Hopei July 1937 * Tientsin Incident July 1937 *

Operation Chahar Operation Chahar ( ja, チャハル作戦, Chaharu Sakusen), known in Chinese as the Nankou Campaign (), occurred in August 1937, following the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin at the beginning of Second Sino-Japanese War. This was the second attack b ...

August 1937 * Battle of Wusung-Shanghai, Second battle of Shanghai August 1937 *

Battle of Nanking The Battle of Nanking (or Nanjing) was fought in early December 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of Nanking (Nanjing), the capital of the Repu ...

December 1937 * Crossing of Yangtze and Hwai * Battle of Linchi * Battle of Taierzhuang * Battle of Hofei * Battle of Tingyuan * Crossing of Hwai river *The

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) or Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF; ja, 大日本帝國陸軍航空部隊, Dainippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkūbutai, lit=Greater Japan Empire Army Air Corps) was the aviation force of the Im ...

carried out the first transoceanic air raid in history, with bombers taking off from Taiwan and Japan flying over the

China Sea The China Seas consist of a series of marginal seas in the Western Pacific Ocean, around China. They are the major components signifying the transition from the continent of Asia to the Pacific Ocean.Pinxian Wang, Qianyu Li, Chun-Feng Li, ''Geolo ...

to the Chinese mainland, in 1937. *The Chinese retaliated with the Taihoku Air Strike in (Formosa) during January 1938 when some Chinese bombers struck the city. These are the first hostile air attacks to Japanese soil during the Pacific War before the

Doolittle Raid The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II. It was the first American air operation to strike the Japa ...

Japanese control of Tientsin-Pukow rail lines

*Battle of Hsuchow (May - June 1938) *Battle of Langfeng *Battle of Lowang *Battle of Kueiteh

Crossing of Yangtze river

* Battle of Wuhan (June–November 1938) **Battle of Matang **Battle of Huoko **Battle of Chuichiang *Chinese Strategic retreat to West areas.

Japanese front lines of Paotou, Fenglingtu, Kaifeng, Hsinyang, Yuehyang, and Hangchow

*Since the beginning of the conflict, Japanese Air forces maintained aerial superiority. However, this was weakened by the "

Flying Tigers The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Operating in 1941–1942, it was composed of pilots from the United States ...

" of

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during 1941, and direct aid in 1942 of the

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joining Chinese Air forces. *The Japanese reinforced Manchukuo and Chosen with 14 divisions and 2 air fleets to prevent any Soviet attacks. They also established 7 divisions as reserves in Taiwan and Japan for defensive purposes. *The

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announced the Strategic prime materials embargo against Japan (July 1, 1938). *First Japanese offensive attempt in Changkufeng Incident against Soviets (July 1938) *Japan sent additional mobile forces to the Wuhan area for attacking weak Chinese groups in limited offensives. *The Japanese Bacteriological air attack by Units 731 and 1644 launched contaminated, plague-ridden food and clothing against Kaimingyie, the port town of Ningpo during 1938. *Japan commenced the strategic bombing campaign against Szechwan and Chungking (1938). *Japan communized the blocked of Chinese ports in coastal areas. *

Battle of Nanchang The Battle of Nanchang () was a military campaign fought around Nanchang, Jiangxi between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Japanese Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was the first major conflict to occur ...

(March 1939) **

Battle of Xiushui River The Battle of Nanchang () was a military campaign fought around Nanchang, Jiangxi between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Japanese Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was the first major conflict to occur ...

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Nomonhan Incident The Battles of Khalkhin Gol (russian: Бои на Халхин-Голе; mn, Халхын голын байлдаан) were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts involving the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Jap ...

against Russians and Mongols (May - Sept. 1939) *Treaty of Nomanhan (signing for Russians and Japanese), (September 15, 1939) *First Battle of Changsha (September 13, 1939) *Retreat of North Hunan *Chinese winter operations (November 1939–January 1940)

Establishment of the Wang Chingwei regime in Nanking (March 1940)

*Battle of Chungyang (battle of South Shansi) *Battle of Chungtiao Shan * Second Battle of Changsha (August–September 1941) *Chinese guerrilla offensives (December 8, 1941) *Chinese offensive against Canton *The first Chinese operations in Burma, Kwangtung (Canton) and Kwangsi. *Crossing of Hsingchiang river *Crossing of Laotao and Liuyang rivers *

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The first Chinese operations in Burma in support of the Allies

Battle of Toungoo The Battle of Toungoo was one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War. The failure of the Chinese to hold the city of Toungoo opened up the route for the Japanese ...

*Battle of West Yehta *Battle of Yenangyaung *Chinese retreat to

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*Japanese advance to Yunnan-

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*Operations in West Yunnan *Battle of Tengchung *Battle of Lungling *Falling of Burma (June 1942) *Battle of Chekiang-Kiangsi (April 1942) *Second Japanese Bacteriological air strike by the same unit. They launched bombs in ceramic containers filled with the liquid form of pathogenic agents in the same area mentioned above during 1942. *The Japanese planned the Szechwan Invasion (Spring 1942–Spring 1943). *The Japanese continued their terror air strike campaign against Chungking and Szechwan (1943). *First attempt at putting the plans of the Szechwan invasion to practice *Battle of West Hupei (May 1943) *The Chinese sent troops bound for Yunnan and India. *Battle of Changteh (chemical attacks) *Battle of West Hunan *Battle of West Hupeh (December 1943) *Battle of South Hankow-Peking rail lines (1944) *Chinese communist agents made a secret coordination with Japanese secret agents against Chiang Kai Shek units in Szechwan and Kweichow. *Japanese operations in April 1944 *Battle of Central Honan * Battle of Changsha-Hengyang *Battle of Kweilin-Liuchow *American and Chinese Air forces began one sustained bombing campaign against Japanese airfields, military installations and government properties in Japanese-held territories in the China mainland. Both air forces used medium ( B-25 and others) and heavy bombers (

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) in these air strikes. *The USAAF launched the first B-29 air attacks against Japanese territory from Chinese Bases in the south area. The first objective was the Yawata iron factories. These campaigns extended to Manchukuo, Formosa, Chosen, Chinese occupied lands and proper Japan during the war, until the B-29s are sent to Marianas to continue these campaigns.

The second phase of Chinese campaign in Burma in support of the Allies

*The Japanese bomb Wuhan (June 1942) Chinese counteroffensives in Burma (October 1943) *Chinese forced crossing of the Salween river *Battle of Maingkwan (March 1944) *

Battle of Mogaung The Battle of Mogaung was a series of engagements that was fought in the Burma Campaign of World War II between 6 and 26 June 1944 at the Burmese town of Mogaung. In brutal fighting, the 77th 'Chindit' Brigade under Brigadier Michael Calvert, l ...

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*Chinese Offensives in Yunnan *Battle of Lungling *Battle of Tengchung *Battle of Wangting *Other Chinese actions in Burma (1943) *Crossing of the "Stilwell Road" in North Burma *Battle of Mongyu *Battle of Lashio *Battle of Hsipai *British-Chinese meet in Kyaukme *Battle in Henan-Hunan-Guangxi, China (Operation Ichi-Go, April–December 1944)

Final Japanese counteroffensive operations of the China campaign

*New Japanese counteroffensives (spring 1945) *Battle of West Honan *Battle of North Hupei * Battle of West Hunan *Japanese retreat from Hsihsiako (west Hunan) *Japanese defeat in Laohoko (west Hupei) *Japanese defeat in Hsue feng Shan (west Hunan) *Battle of Ninhsiang *Battle of Yiyang *Battle of Wuyang *Last Japanese counteroffensives (June–July 1945) *Battle of Nanning *Battle Liuchow *Battle of Kweilin *Japanese defeat in Liuchow-Kweilin *Japanese defeat in Kwangsi

Final Chinese-Allied counteroffensives against Japanese forces

*Chinese counteroffensives (July–August 1945) *Planned Chinese operation against Canton, Kwangtung and Kwangsi *Allied and Chinese plans for performing massive counteroffensives in the South China area *Soviet attacks against Kwantung, Manchukuo, Chosen and Japanese northern territories in Karafuto and Chisima. *

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(August 1945)

Imperial Japanese Army surrenders

* The Allies received the surrender text instrument of Japan for media of Switzerland and Sweden (August 8, 1945). * Eight Japanese emissaries, with

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as chief, arrived at Chihciang to meet with Hsiao Yi-su, representative of Chinese commander

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. * Japan surrendered officially to the Allies on board the ,

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(September 2, 1945). * Japan surrendered officially to Chinese forces in

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(September 9, 1945); between 1,283,340 and 2,129,826 units were on Chinese territory. * From September 11 – October 1945, all Japanese forces met and disarmed, but due to Communist interference, this process did not conclude until February 1946. From October 1945 – June 1946, all the Japanese who remained in China were repatriated with the aid of the

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Sources

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