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Battle of Central Henan

Battle of Central Henan was a battle fought on 17 April 1944 in what is now People's Republic of China; it lasted 38 days. It was part of Second Sino-Japanese War, which ran from 1937 to 1945. The recorded result: Japanese victory.

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Fought17 April 1944lasted 38 days
WherePeople's Republic of China33.900N, 113.500E
OutcomeJapanese victory
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstUnited States
Part ofSecond Sino-Japanese WarOperation Ichi-Go

Where it sits in Second Sino-Japanese War

Japanese invasion of Manchuria, 1931Jiangqiao campaign, 1931Jinzhou Operation, 1931Defense of Harbin, 1932Battle of Wenzaobang, 1932Suiyuan Campaign, 1936Battle of Nanking, 1937Bombing of Songjiang, 1937Siege of Shanghai, 1937Battle of Luodian, 1937Bombing of Nanjing, 1937Marco Polo Bridge incident, 1937Battle of Beiping–Tianjin, 1937Operation Chahar, 1937Battle of Zhangjiakou, 1937Battle of Nankou, 1937Battle of Shanghai, 1937Bloody Saturday (Shanghai), 1937Battle of Wusong, 1937Battle of Taiyuan, 1937Battle of Datong, 1937Battle of Jining, 1937Battle of Xinkou, 1937Battle of Pingxingguan, 1937Defense of Sihang Warehouse, 1937Battle of Jinshanwei, 1937USS Panay incident, 1937Amoy Operation, 1938Bombing of Chengdu, 1938Defense of Linyi, 1938Siege of Xuzhou, 1938Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan, 1938Bombing of Chongqing, 1938Defense of Teng County, 1938Battle of Taierzhuang, 1938Battle of Xuzhou, 1938Canton Operation, 1938Battle of Wuhan, 1938Battle of Changsha, 1939Swatow Operation, 1939Hainan Island Operation, 1939Battle of Nanchang, 1939Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang, 1939Battle of South Guangxi, 1939Battle of Baotou, 1939Battle of Kunlun Pass, 1939Battle of West Suiyuan, 19401939–1940 Winter Offensive, 1940Battle of Wuyuan, 1940Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang, 1940Hundred Regiments Offensive, 1940Battle of South Henan, 1941Battle of Shanggao, 1941Battle of South Shanxi, 1941Battle of Changsha, 1941proposed Japanese invasion of Sichuan, 1942Battle of Changsha, 1942Battle of Tachiao, 1942Battle of Oktwin, 1942Battle of Toungoo, 1942Battle of Yenangyaung, 1942Battle of Lashio, 1942Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road, 1942Battle of West Hubei, 1943Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan, 1943Battle of Changde, 1943Battle of Longling, 1944Battle of Dushan, 1944Battle of Central Henan, 1944Operation Ichi-Go, 1944Battle of Changsha, 1944Defense of Hengyang, 1944Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou, 1944Second Guangxi campaign, 1945Battle of West Hunan, 194519311945Battle of Central Henan, 1944
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Record

Date17 April 1944
to 25 May 1944
PlacePeople's Republic of China
33.900N, 113.500E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Territorial changeJapanese forces capture the cities of Luoyang, Changsha, Guilin, Hengyang, Liuzhou and Nanning; Establishment of a Japanese-occupied corridor from Central China Plain to French Indochina; Subsequent Japanese capture and destruction of key Allied airbases across southern China
StrengthJapanese record: In the Henan battlefield; 148,000 troops; 33,000 horses; 269 artillery pieces; 691 tanks; 6,100 vehicles; In the Hunan-Guangxi battlefield; 362,000 troops; 67,000 horses; 1,282 artillery pieces; 103 tanks; 9,450 vehicles; Total; 510,000 troops; 100,000 horses; 1,551 artillery pieces; 794 tanks; 15,550 vehicles; 200 bombersWestern Claim: 1,000,000; Chinese Claim: In the Henan battlefield: 300,000 troops; In the Hunan battlefield: 286,000 troops; In the Guangxi battlefield: at least 100,000 troops
Casualties and losses100,000 combat and non-combat deaths; heavy materiel lossesWestern Claim: 500,000–600,000 casualties (according to "China's Bitter Victory: War with Japan, 1937-45"); Armies totalling 750,000 'destroyed' or put out of action according to Cox; 130,000 killed in action; Chinese Claims: According to the Ministry of Military Affairs for the Chinese Army in 1944 : Statistics compiled in 1944 : 124,893 killed; 181,312 wounded; 60,149 missing; 366,354 total combat casualties; Post-war statistics : 102,719 killed; 103,596 wounded; 4,419 missing; 210,734 total combat casualties; 1,771,618 other losses
Commanders
Battle of Central HenanBattle of Central HenanBattle of South HenanBattle of Yan ProvinceBattle of KunyangBattle of XinzhengBattle of YangchengBattle of Yan ProvinceBattle of KunyangBattle of XinzhengBattle of YangchengZhengzhouNanyangLuoyangPingdingshanZhoukouJieshou100 km33.900N, 113.500E
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Battle of Central Henan is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870689, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Central Henan, revision 1382423136, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.