Atlas of Battles

commander, 15 engagements

Battles of Xue Yue

Battles of Xue Yue

National Revolutionary Army General (1896–1998)

Xue Yue is recorded as a commander at 15 placed engagements in the atlas between 1933 and 1946: 12 battles and 3 campaigns, all in present-day China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 8,694 km apart end to end, 669 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (11), Chinese Civil War (3).

Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi SovietBattle of Chishui RiverBattle of Nanchang1939–1940 Winter OffensiveBattle of ChangshaBattle of Central HenanBattle of ChangshaHandan CampaignDingtao CampaignBattle of Xiushui RiverBattle of WuhanBattle of ChangshaBattle of ChangshaBattle of ChangdeOperation Ichi-GoBattle of WuhanBattle of ChangshaBattle of ChangshaBattle of ChangdeOperation Ichi-GoSeoulTaipeiChengduGuangzhouChongqingHanoiXianNanjingGuiyangZibo1000 km29.606N, 111.700E
15 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1933: 1 engagements1935: 1 engagements1938: 1 engagements1939: 2 engagements1940: 1 engagements1941: 1 engagements1942: 1 engagements1943: 1 engagements1944: 3 engagements3 in 19441945: 1 engagements1946: 1 engagements19331946
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet, 1933Battle of Chishui River, 1935Battle of Wuhan, 1938Battle of Changsha, 1939Battle of Nanchang, 19391939–1940 Winter Offensive, 1940Battle of Changsha, 1941Battle of Changsha, 1942Battle of Changde, 1943Battle of Central Henan, 1944Operation Ichi-Go, 1944Battle of Changsha, 1944Handan Campaign, 1945Dingtao Campaign, 194619331946
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1933Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi SovietJiangxi, ChinaNationalist major victory; Jiangxi Soviet Eliminated; Red...
1935Battle of Chishui RiverChishui River, China1,010 km WCommunist forces manage to maneuver out of the...
27 October 1938Battle of WuhanWuhan, People's Republic of China837 km EJapanese victory
1939Battle of ChangshaChangsha, People's Republic of China292 km SWChinese victory
9 May 1939Battle of NanchangNanchang, People's Republic of China290 km EJapanese victory
19401939–1940 Winter OffensiveChina1,244 km NWJapanese victory
6 September 1941Battle of ChangshaChangsha, People's Republic of China1,067 km SESee Result
15 January 1942Battle of ChangshaChangsha, People's Republic of China0 km NChinese victory
2 November 1943Battle of ChangdeChangde, People's Republic of China156 km NWChinese victory
17 April 1944Battle of Central HenanPeople's Republic of China568 km NJapanese victory
1944Operation Ichi-GoSouth China, China1,280 km SJapanese victory
27 May 1944Battle of ChangshaHunan, China653 km NJapanese victory
1945Handan CampaignHandan, China946 km NCommunist victory
1946Dingtao CampaignShandong, China350 km ECommunist victory
date unknownBattle of Xiushui RiverXiushui River, ChinaJapanese victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown; scanned by 天竺鼠 and Sgsg (talk) 00:34, 31 March 2012 (UTC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.