Conflict: | Western Hubei Operation |
Partof: | the Second Sino-Japanese War |
Date: | March 1941 |
Result: | Chinese victory |
Commander1: | Li Zongren |
Commander2: | Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe |
Strength1: | River Defense Force
103rd Division |
Strength2: | 11th Army
|
Casualties1: | ? |
Casualties2: | ? |
The Western Hubei Operation was an engagement between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Three infantry, one cavalry and an artillery regiment of the 13th Division crossed to the south bank of the Yangtze River near Ichang to attack the Chinese positions there.