Military operation

1939–1940 Winter Offensive

Nov 1939 – Mar 1940 · 35.00° N, 105.00° E

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When
Nov 1939 – Mar 1940
Kind
Military operation
Coordinates
35.00° N, 105.00° E
Description
1939 military offensive of the Second Sino-Japanese War

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1939–1940 Winter Offensive

Military offensive of the Second Sino-Japanese War

The 1939–1940 Winter Offensive was a major engagement between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It constitutes the first major counter-offensive on multiple fronts of Chinese forces in the war. Although it failed to achieve its original objectives, later studies have shown that it came as a blow to the Japanese forces.

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