Battle of Taiyuan

When

1 Sep 1937 – 9 Nov 1937

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.85° N, 112.55° E

Description

1937 major battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

The Battle of Taiyuan was a major battle fought in 1937 between China and Japan named for Taiyuan, which lay in the 2nd Military Region. The battle concluded in a victory for Japan over the National Revolutionary Army (NRA), including part of Suiyuan, most of Shanxi and the NRA arsenal at Taiyuan, and effectively ended large-scale organized resistance in the North China area.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Japaner siegen in der Schlacht um Taiyuan und beenden mit der Einnahme der Stadt den chinesischen Hauptwiderstand in Nordchina”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Taiyuan par les troupes japonaises, qui contrôlent les chemins de fer du Shanxi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “太原会战中的最后一场战役——太原保卫战打响，9日，日军攻陷太原城。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Sino-Japanese War7 Jul 1937 · Interstate war · Deaths 20,000,000