Hundred Regiments Offensive

When

20 Aug 1940 – 5 Dec 1940

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.45° N, 116.30° E

Description

1940 military offensive

War

World War II

1940 military offensive of the Second Sino-Japanese War

The Hundred Regiments Offensive or the Hundred Regiments Campaign was a tactical campaign initiated by the Eighth Route Army, led by the Chinese Communist Party, against the Japanese invasion in North China from 20 August 1940, to 24 January 1941.

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• 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