Battle of Nanchang

Battle of Nanchang
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Date (1939-03-17) (1939-05-09)March 17 – May 9, 1939
(1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Nanchang and proximity, China
28°41′N 115°53′E / 28.683°N 115.883°E / 28.683; 115.883
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
 China Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Xue Yue Yasuji Okamura
Units involved
 Republic of China Army  Imperial Japanese Army
Strength
16,338 officers and 243,536 soldiers in 29 divisions in 4 army groups: 19th, 1st, 30th and 32nd Army Groups, Hunan–Hubei–Jiangxi Border Area Guerrilla Command 120,000 troops in 3 divisions: 6th, 101st and 106th, Ishii Tank Unit (130 tanks and tankettes), 1 cavalry regiment, 1 artillery brigade, 2 artillery regiments (200 artillery pieces), 30+ ships and 50 motor boats and one battalion of Marines, and several air squadrons
Casualties and losses
Chinese claim :
706 officers and 22,536 soldiers killed
1,203 officers and 28,077 soldiers wounded
255 officers and 15,998 soldiers missing

Chinese claim : 24,000 killed or wounded

Japanese claim :

Nanchang offensive

In the Nanchang offensive according to the statistical table compiled by the general staff of the 11th army on 20th April 1939 : 520 killed, 1,676 wounded

From 20 March until 10 April 1939 in the Nanchang offensive according to survey data of the medical department of the 11th army on 1st March 1940: 583 killed, 1,984 wounded

Chinese counterattack

In the Chinese counterattack from mid-April until early May 1939 according to the statistical table compiled by the general staff of the 11th army on 14th May 1939:

101st division : 150 killed, 399 wounded
106th division : 102 killed, 396 wounded
  1. ↑
    • Initial source miswrote the number of wounded soldiers as 82,077
    • From 17 March until 15 May 1939
    • Losses of various guerilla units are not included in the statistics

The Battle of Nanchang (simplified Chinese: 南昌会战; traditional Chinese: 南昌會戰) 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 following the Battle of Wuhan.

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