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Battle of Kunlun Pass

Battle of Kunlun Pass was a battle fought in 1939 at Nanning, in what is now People's Republic of China; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Nanning. It was part of Second Sino-Japanese War, which ran from 1937 to 1945. The recorded result: Chinese victory.

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Fought1939ran into the following year
WhereNanning, People's Republic of China22.819N, 108.315E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeChinese victory
BelligerentsRepublic of China (1912–49)againstEmpire of Japan
Part ofSecond Sino-Japanese War1937 to 1945

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 Kunlun Pass, 1939
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Record

Date1939 (year precision)
to 1940
PlaceNanning, People's Republic of China
22.819N, 108.315E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Strength5th corps : 54,000+; 200th Division: 54 tanks out of 82 T-26 M1935/M1937 tanks and ~30 CV-35 tankettes; 66th and 99th corps : 32,400+; 3rd PG, 32nd PS,; Capt. Wei Yiqing: 14 I-15, 7 Gladiators, ? O-2; 5th PG, 28th PS,; Capt. Arthur Chin: ? I-15, 3 Gladiators5th division (particularly the 21st Brigade) plus various other units, total fighting strength of 45,000; 100 planes; 70 warships; 2 aircraft carriers; Chinese Claim : 15,000+
Casualties and losses5th corps : 123 officers and 5,560 soldiers killed; 265 officers and 10,847 soldiers wounded; 896 soldiers missing; 4 T-26s; 4 CV-35s; 11 T-26s recovered and repaired; 5 CV-35s recovered and repaired; 66th and 99th corps : 5,079 officers and soldiers killed; 6,200+ officers and soldiers wounded; 560+ officers and soldiers missingOfficial Chinese Army claim : 4,200 killed or wounded; 7 captured; 6,000+ casualties including brigade commander Masao Nakamura killed; Other Chinese claim : 10,000 casualties, including 5,000 killed and 102 captured; Japanese claim : 21st infantry regiment and attached units : 376 killed, 755 wounded, and 37 missing; 9th Infantry Brigade of the Oikawa task force (January 1 to January 27, 1940) : 48 killed, 175 wounded.
Commanders
  • Masao Nakamura
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Placed at Nanning; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Battle of Kunlun Pass 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 Q700250, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kunlun Pass, revision 1383121146, 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.