Japanese invasion of China (1937–1945)
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 1937 — 4 August 1945; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 1937
Siege of Shanghai ↗
Source · Q10867842 - 1937
Battle of Luodian ↗
Source · Q17033898 - 7 July 1937 — 9 July 1937
Marco Polo Bridge incident
On the map ↗ Source · Q219230 - August 1937
Battle of Zhangjiakou ↗
Source · Q11068300 - August 1937
Battle of Nankou ↗
Source · Q56271422 - August 1937
Operation Chahar
On the map ↗ Source · Q6148020 - August 1937
Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ↗
Source · Q709429 - 13 August 1937 — 26 November 1937
Battle of Shanghai
On the map ↗ Source · Q254599 - 30 August 1937 — 5 September 1937
Battle of Wusong ↗
Source · Q10918990 - 1 September 1937 — 9 November 1937
Battle of Taiyuan ↗
Source · Q709521 - 13 September 1937 — 11 November 1937
Battle of Xinkou ↗
Source · Q717505 - 24 September 1937 — 25 September 1937
Battle of Pingxingguan ↗
Source · Q709396 - 26 October 1937 — 1 November 1937
Defense of Sihang Warehouse ↗
Source · Q1973870 - November 1937
Battle of Jinshanwei ↗
Source · Q17039787 - 1 December 1937 — 13 December 1937
Battle of Nanking
On the map ↗ Source · Q701180 - 1938
Defense of Linyi ↗
Source · Q15903555 - 1938
Siege of Xuzhou ↗
Source · Q15904164 - 1938
Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan ↗
Source · Q4871914 - 18 February 1938 — 23 August 1943
Bombing of Chongqing
On the map ↗ Source · Q705165 - March 1938
Defense of Teng County ↗
Source · Q15903920 - 24 March 1938 — 7 April 1938
Battle of Taierzhuang ↗
Source · Q626796 - 24 March 1938 — 1 May 1938
Battle of Xuzhou ↗
Source · Q709421 - 27 October 1938
Battle of Wuhan
On the map ↗ Source · Q2038907 - 9 May 1939
Battle of Nanchang ↗
Source · Q709385 - 24 May 1939
Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang ↗
Source · Q2890074 - 17 September 1939 — 6 October 1939
Battle of Changsha
On the map ↗ Source · Q709333 - 15 November 1939 — 30 November 1940
Battle of South Guangxi ↗
Source · Q709704 - December 1939
Battle of Baotou ↗
Source · Q18651827 - 18 December 1939 — 11 January 1940
Battle of Kunlun Pass ↗
Source · Q700250 - 1940
Battle of West Suiyuan ↗
Source · Q18657971 - 16 March 1940 — 3 April 1940
Battle of Wuyuan ↗
Source · Q705279 - 1 May 1940 — 18 June 1940
Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang ↗
Source · Q717963 - 20 August 1940 — 5 December 1940
Hundred Regiments Offensive ↗
Source · Q709261 - 30 January 1941 — 1 March 1941
Battle of South Henan ↗
Source · Q709364 - 14 March 1941 — 9 April 1941
Battle of Shanggao ↗
Source · Q709830 - 7 May 1941 — 27 May 1941
Battle of South Shanxi ↗
Source · Q709346 - 6 September 1941 — 8 October 1941
Battle of Changsha ↗
Source · Q1759660 - 15 January 1942
Battle of Changsha ↗
Source · Q709303 - March 1942 — June 1942
Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road ↗
Source · Q10396694 - 18 March 1942 — 19 March 1942
Battle of Tachiao ↗
Source · Q4872484 - 20 March 1942 — 23 March 1942
Battle of Oktwin ↗
Source · Q4871936 - 30 March 1942
Battle of Toungoo ↗
Source · Q691273 - 19 April 1942
Battle of Yenangyaung ↗
Source · Q2890419 - 29 April 1942
Battle of Lashio ↗
Source · Q128988144 - 12 May 1943 — 3 June 1943
Battle of West Hubei ↗
Source · Q717521 - October 1943 — March 1945
Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan ↗
Source · Q4871917 - 2 November 1943 — 20 December 1943
Battle of Changde ↗
Source · Q712505 - 1944
Battle of Longling ↗
Source · Q11181870 - 1944
Battle of Dushan ↗
Source · Q20688773 - 19 April 1944 — 31 December 1944
Operation Ichi-Go
On the map ↗ Source · Q696448 - 2 June 1944 — 14 September 1944
拉孟・騰越の戦い ↗
Source · Q4872798 - 16 August 1944 — 24 November 1944
Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou ↗
Source · Q700646 - April 1945 — August 1945
Second Guangxi campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q4127810 - 6 April 1945 — 7 June 1945
Battle of West Hunan ↗
Source · Q697247
Provenance and limits
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