Battle of Changsha (1941)

Second Battle of Changsha
	Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
	; A Japanese soldier firing a Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun across the Miluo river in September 1941
Date	September 6 – October 8, 1941; (1 month and 2 days)
Location	Changsha, Republic of China
Result	Both sides claim victory. No territorial change.
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Xue Yue	Korechika Anami
Units involved
Republic of China Army	Imperial Japanese Army; Imperial Japanese Navy
Strength
In the Changsha battlefield :; 300,000 troops; 30 divisions; 631 artillery pieces	In the Changsha battlefield :; 120,000 troops; 46 battalions; 326 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
Ninth Military Front :; 23,858 killed; 35,220 wounded; 11,594 missing Supporting Operations :; Third Military Front : 1,600+ casualties; ; Fifth Military Front : 790 casualties; ; Sixth Military Front in the Yichang offensive : 21,368 casualties; ; Total : nearly 100,000 killed, wounded, or missing	Japanese data:; 1,670 killed; 5,184 wounded; 14 missing; ; Chinese claim:; Ninth Military Front's claim :; 55,821 Japanese troops killed or wounded; 263 Japanese troops captured; ; Third Military Front's claim :; 6,294 Japanese and puppet troops killed or wounded; 224 Japanese and puppet troops captured; ; Fifth Military Front's claim :; Approximately 1,200 Japanese troops killed or wounded; 371 Japanese and puppet troops captured; ; Sixth Military Front's claim :; 6,422 Japanese soldiers troops killed or wounded; 23 Japanese soldiers captured
	↑ including the Changsha, Yichang, Jiangnan, and Haoxue battlefields;

The (Second) Battle of Changsha (6 September – 8 October 1941; Chinese: 第二次長沙會戰) was Japan's second attempt at taking the city of Changsha, China, the capital of Hunan Province, as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

[6] uding the Changsha, Yichang, Jiangnan, and Haoxue battlefields