Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

Battle of West Henan-North Hubei
	Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II
Date	March 21 – May 11, 1945; (1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	West Henan, North Hubei
Result	Tactical stalemate; Japanese operational victory
Belligerents
China	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Hu Zongnan; Liu Zhi	Sinnosuke Sasaki; Takashi Takamori
Strength
5 army group; 4 airforce group	7 divisions; 5 brigades; 100+ tanks; 13 armoured cars; 1,000+ vehicles
Casualties and losses
From 21 March until 18 July 1945 :; 474 officers and 18,403 soldiers killed; 903 officers and 15,699 soldiers wounded; 190 officers and 6,312 soldiers missing	Chinese claim : ~16,000 dead and wounded

The Battle of West Henan–North Hubei (simplified Chinese: 豫西鄂北会战; traditional Chinese: 豫西鄂北會戰; pinyin: Yù Xī È Běi Huìzhàn) was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was fought in March–May 1945 in northern Hubei and western Henan. While it was a tactical stalemate, the battle was an operational victory for the Japanese forces, who seized control of local airbases, denying Chinese forces any localized air support.