Explore relationships

Battle of Wuhan

BelligerentsChinaJapanCommanders and leadersChiang Kai-shekChen ChengBai ChongxiXue YueWu QiweiZhang FakuiWang JingjiuOu ZhenZhang ZizhongLi ZongrenPrince Kan'inYasuji OkamuraShunroku HataPrince HigashikuniShizuichi TanakaKesago NakajimaStrengthInitially:30 divisions (approx. 256,000)Later:2,000,000 in the region(1,199,356 in about 122 divisions participating in the battle)200 aircraft30 gunboats350,000–403,200500+ aircraft120 warships and 315+ other naval vesselsCasualties and lossesInitial report: 254,628 killed or wounded (84,875 killed and 169,753 wounded)Postwar estimates: 400,000–500,000 killed, wounded, or missingJapanese claim:31,486–35,500 killed and wounded105,945+ cases of illnessPost-battle investigations by each army:11th Army: 7,092 killed and 19,112 wounded2nd Army: 2,505 killed and 7,427 woundedChinese claim:Contemporary: 256,000 killed and woundedAcademic: 200,000+Zhang:200,000+ killed and wounded100 aircraftDozens of vehicles destroyed435+ naval vessels destroyed and damaged Defense of WuhanTraditional Chinese武漢保衛戰Simplified Chinese武汉保卫战Japanese nameKanji武漢攻略戦The Battle of Wuhan (traditional Chinese: 武漢會戰; simplified Chinese: 武汉会战; Japanese: 武漢作戦 (ぶかんさくせん)), popularly known to the Chinese as the Defense of Wuhan (traditional Chinese: 武漢保衛戰; simplified Chinese: 武汉保卫战), and to the Japanese as the Capture of Wuhan, was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Use + to expand a branch. Click a topic name to open its summary.