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	Battle of Changsha (1939) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Changsha (September 17, 1939 – October 6, 1939) was the first attempt by Japan to take the city of Changsha, China, during the second Sino-Japanese War.
		The Japanese 101st and 106th Divisions were deployed on the western bank of the Gan River in northern Jiangxi, and the 5th, 3rd, 13th, and 33rd Divisions marched southward from southern Hubei to northern Hunan.
		On September 29 the Japanese reached the outskirts of Changsha.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1939) (569 words)

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	Battle of Changsha (1942) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Changsha (December 24, 1941 - January 15, 1942) was the third attempt by Japan to take the city of Changsha, China during the second Sino-Japanese War.
		The third Battle of Changsha was the first major offensive in China following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Changsha was evacuated except for the Chinese army and some 160 civilians who wished to stay to help the defense.
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		In response to this, officers of the Kwantung Army without knowledge of the high command in Tokyo decided to manufacture the Battle of Lugou Bridge, also known as the incident at the Marco Polo Bridge, by which they succeeded in their intention of provoking a conflict between China and Japan, the Sino-Japanese War).
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	WW2DB: Third Battle of Changsha
		The Japanese reached Changsha on 31 Dec, attacking the southeastern edge of the city on the same day, but failed to breach Chinese defenses.
		Also on 31 Dec, the northern defenses were subjected to a heavy bombardment and the first line of defense was crushed, but the second line toward the center of the city held back Japanese attacks.
		By 4 Jan, the Japanese attack force was on the verge of collapse, while the reserve 9th Independent Brigade at Yueyang was tied down by a Chinese attack.
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	Wikinfo \| Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
		Battle of Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge Incident) on July 7, 1937.
		Following the Battle of Lugou Bridge in 1937, the Japanese occupied Shanghai, Nanjing and Northern Shanxi as part of campaigns involving approximately 200,000 Japanese soldiers, and considerably more Chinese soldiers.
		After the fall of Nanjing, it is estimated that as many as 300,000 people died in the Nanjing Massacre.
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	Battle of Changsha
		Most historians place the beginning of the second Sino-Japanese War on the Battle of Lugou Bridge (also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident") on July 7, 1937.
		Following the Battle of Lugou Bridge in 1937, the Japanese occupied Shanghai, Nanjing and Northern Shanxi as part of campaigns involving approximately 200,000 Japanese soldiers, and considerably more Chinese soldiers.
		After the fall of Nanjing, it is estimated that as many as 300,000 people died in the Nanjing Massacre.
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		In the ensuing short distance battle, Guan Linzheng was seriously wounded, regiment commander Wang Lunbo died, and 73rd Brigade commander Du Yuming took over the job of acting division chief.
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	First Battle of Changsha (1939) - Chinese-forums.com
		I have decided to do an indepth study of the First Battle of Changsha (2nd SJW) as the thesis for my undergraduate military history degree.
		I want to really uncover the tactical intricacies of the battle and also understand the dynamic leadership that led to this surprising defeat of the Imperial Japanese army.
		Apparently the 73rd fought in all three of the Changsha battles and were basically decimated by the end, and many of the higher-ups are buried there.There are not many documents or photos there, but the provincial library might be a good place to look for them.
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		These cities are strategically located at the intersection of two railroads as well being near two Chinese military airports.
		The first target of the Japanese military was Changsha, which fell on June 18.
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		It describes the modern history of China, with the founding of the Republic of China by Sun Yat-sen, and leads on to the Japanese invasion.
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		The mass westward migration associated with the moving of the Chinese capital to Chongqing, and the construction of the Burma Road are also covered, and the film concludes with overview of the Chinese victory at the Battle of Changsha.
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		One of the six points on which I was jailed by the Japanese police last year was a story on the use of gas by their troops at the first battle of Changsha [1939].
		The Japanese were trapped and, in their haste to retreat, used some gas, but buried most of the cylinders, which the Chinese captured.
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		Huang Zhong shot at Guan Yu with and arrow in their battle outside Changsha.
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		Due to time constraint with the ongoing war most of the better quality rifles were usually issued to Chiang Kai-Shek's favourite divisions while the majority of regulars were issued with the hastily made inferior versions.
		If used tactically correct the result would be devastating (as shown at numerous times in the Battle of Changsha, when the NRA used encirclement against superior IJA forces).
		A total of around 500,000-600,000 rifles were produced between 1935 and 1945, and the rifle saw its last war in the hands of People's Volunteer Army troops against the UN forces during the Korean War.
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	1944:Changsha Falls : IN OUR PAGES:100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO - International Herald Tribune
		CHUNGKING - [From our New York edition:] Changsha, capital of the Hunan province, and for five years a symbol of successful Chinese resistance, has fallen to the Japanese, the Chinese high command announced today [June 21].
		Heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy in the last two weeks of the battle for Changsha, a communique said.
		Thus the Japanese succeeded where three times previously they had been bloodily repulsed, once at the very gates of this communication center, which had a pre-war population of 500,000.
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		In Sep 1941, more than 120,000 Japanese troops embarked on the second attempt to take the Chinese city of Changsha.
		The first engagement took place in the mountains southeast of Yueyang when a small Chinese guerilla force ran into the Japanese 6th Division.
		The Japanese crossed the Sinchiang River on 17 Sep and the Milo River on 19 Sep. On 27 Sep, Japanese troops in plain clothes infiltrated the north gate of Changsha, but failed to complete their sabotage mission.
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