defense of the Great Wall

When

1 Jan 1933 – 21 May 1933

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

40.43° N, 116.56° E

Description

1933 campaign between the armies of China and Japan before the Second Sino-Japanese War

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Army campaign between China and Japan before the Second Sino-Japanese War

The defense of the Great Wall was a campaign between the armies of the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, which took place before the Second Sino-Japanese War officially commenced in 1937 and after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931. It is known in Japanese as Operation Nekka and in many English sources as the First Battle of Hopei.

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