List of military engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Campaigns

• Honan-Hupeh Campaign
• Western Hunan Campaign
• Japanese Campaigns in Chinese War

Battles

• Aerial Engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Battles with articles. Flag shows victorious side in each engagement. Date shows beginning date except for the 1942 battle of Changsha, which began in Dec. 1941.

1931

• Mukden September 1931
• Invasion of Manchuria September 1931
  • Jiangqiao Campaign October 1931
    • Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge November 1931
  • Chinchow Operation December 1931

1932

• • Defense of Harbin January 1932
• Shanghai (1932) January 1932
• Pacification of Manchukuo March 1932 - 1941
  • Manchukuoan Anti Bandit Operations March 1932 - 1934
  • Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army Resistance 1934 - 1941

1933-1936

• Operation Nekka January 1933
  • Great Wall January 1933
  • Battle of Rehe February 1933
• Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933-36)
  • Campaign of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army May - October 1933
  • Establishment of Mengjiang December 1935 - May 1936
  • Suiyuan Campaign October 1936

1937

• Marco Polo Bridge Incident July 1937
• Beiping-Tianjin July 1937
• Chahar August 1937
• Battle of Shanghai August 1937
• Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation August 1937
• Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation August 1937
• Taiyuan September 1937
  • Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
  • Battle of Xinkou September 1937
• Battle of Nanjing December 1937

1938

• Battle of Xuzhou March 24 - May 1, 1938
  • Battle of Taierzhuang 4 March – 7 April 1938
• Northern and Eastern Honan 1938 January 1938
  • Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
• Amoy Operation May 1938
• Battle of Wuhan 11 June – 27 October 1938
• Canton Operation October 1938

1939

• Hainan Island Operation February 1939
• Battle of Nanchang March 1939
  • Battle of Xiushui River March 1939
• Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang May 1939
• Swatow Operation June 1939
• Battle of Changsha (1939) September 1939
• Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
  • Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939
• 1939-40 Winter Offensive November 1939 - March 1940
  • Battle of Wuyuan March 1940

1940

• Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang May 1940
• Hundred Regiments Offensive August 1940
• Indochina Expedition September 1940
• Central Hopei Operation November 1940

1941

• Battle of South Henan January 1941
• Western Hopei Operation March 1941
• Battle of Shanggao March 1941
• Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
• Battle of Changsha (1941) September 1941

1942

• Battle of Changsha (1942) January 1942
• Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road March – June 1942
  • Battle of Toungoo March 19-March 29, 1942
  • Battle of Yenangyaung April 11–19, 1942
• Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 1942

1943

• Battle of West Hubei 12 May - 3 June 1943
• Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan October 1943 – March 1945
• Battle of Changde 2 November – 20 December 1943

1944

• Operation Ichi-Go.19 April – 31 December 1944
  • Battle of Changsha (1944) May 1944 - August 1944
  • Defense of Hengyang 22 June – 8 August 1944 (Japan Pyrrhic victory. Tojo cabinet collapsed.)
  • Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou 16 August - 24 November 1944

• Battle of Mount Song June 4, 1944 – September 7, 1944

1945

• Battle of West Henan-North Hubei 21 March – 11 May 1945 (Tactical stalemate.

Japanese operational victory)

• Battle of West Hunan April - June, 1945
• Second Guangxi Campaign April - August 1945
• Soviet invasion of Manchuria August – September, 1945

Japanese operations

• Sichuan Invasion
• Kuolichi-Taierhchuang Operation
• CHE-KIANG Operation
• Peiping-Hankow Operation
• Siang-Kwei Operation
• Canton-Hankow Operation
• Kiangsi-Fukien Operation
• Kwangchow Wan occupation
• Laohokow Operation
• Chichiang Operation
• Disembarc in Tsingtao

List of Japanese political and military incidents

Battles in Burma Campaign

• Battle of Oktwin Mar. 20 - 23, 1942
• Battle of Toungoo Mar. 24-28, 1942
• Battle of Yedahe Apr. 5-8, 1942
• Battle of Szuwa River Apr. 10-16, 1942
• Battle of Pyinmana April 17–20, 1942
• Battle of Yenangyaung Apr. 17-19 1942
• Battle of Mawache and Yato Early April 1942
• Battle of Bawlake April 17, 1942
• Battle of Hopong - Taunggyi April 20–24, 1942
• Battle of Loliem April 25, 1942
• Battle of Lashio (1942) April 29, 1942
• Battle of Hsenwe May 1, 1942
• Battle of Salween River May 6–31, 1942
• Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway May 23, 1942
• Battle of Yupang Oct. - Dec. 1943
• Battle of Lashio Jan 1944
• Battle of Maingkwan Feb.- 5 Mar. 1944
• Battle of Mogaung Mar. 1944
• Battle of Myitkyina Apr. - Aug. 1944
• Battle of Mongyu Dec.1944 - Jan. 1945
• Battle of Lashio (1945) Mar. 1945
• Battle of Hsipaw Mar.1945