Battle of Changsha

When

17 Sep 1939 – 6 Oct 1939

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

28.20° N, 112.97° E

Description

1939 first of four attempts by Japan to take the city of Changsha during the second Sino-Japanese War

War

World War II

Battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

The First Battle of Changsha was the first of four attempts by Japan to take the city of Changsha, Hunan, during the second Sino-Japanese War. Coming two weeks after Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, it was the first major battle of the war to fall within the time frame of what is widely considered World War II.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Changsha (1939)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht um Changsha ist der erste japanische Versuch, die Stadt Changsha in der zentralen südchinesischen Provinz Hunan einzunehmen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire des troupes chinoises sur le Japon à la bataille de Changsha”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Sino-Japanese War7 Jul 1937 · Interstate war · Deaths 20,000,000
• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000
• World War II in Asia (approx)3 Sep 1939 · Interstate war · Deaths 3,269,818