Western Hubei Operation Explained

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
  • 26th Corps
    • 32nd Division
    • 41st Division
    • 44th Division

103rd Division

Strength2:11th Army
  • 13th Division
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.

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