Battle of Rehe

BelligerentsChina

• Empire of Japan
  • Manchukuo
  • National Salvation Army

Commanders and leadersTang Yulin
Sun DianyingNobuyoshi Muto
Zhang Haipeng
Li JizhunStrength 100,000–150,000 regular troops 100,000Casualties and losses Battle of Rehe:
161 officers and 5,051 soldiers killed
368 officers and 4,894 soldiers wounded 171 combat deaths

The Battle of Rehe (simplified Chinese: 热河战役; traditional Chinese: 熱河戰役; pinyin: Rèhé zhànyì, sometimes called the Battle of Jehol) was the second part of Operation Nekka, a campaign by which the Empire of Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the ChinesewarlordZhang Xueliang and annexed it to the new state of Manchukuo. The battle was fought from February 21 to March 1, 1933.