War

Second Sino-Japanese War

Modern

The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought from 1937 to 1945 between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, growing out of decades of Japanese expansion into Chinese territory and merging into the wider Pacific theater of World War II after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The war began in earnest with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident near Beijing in July 1937, followed by rapid Japanese advances that captured Shanghai, the Chinese capital Nanjing, where occupying forces perpetrated the mass atrocity known as the Nanjing Massacre, and much of eastern China by 1938. Chinese resistance, divided between the Nationalist government under Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong in an uneasy united front, fought a grinding war of attrition that tied down large Japanese forces for years even as front lines stabilized. Japan's surrender in August 1945, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet declaration of war, ended the conflict, but China's civil war between the Nationalists and Communists, only briefly suspended for the united front, resumed almost immediately afterward.

Facts

Start Year

1937 1

End Year

1945 1

Combatants

Republic of China, Nationalist and Communist forces in United Front, versus the Empire of Japan and its puppet states 1

Outcome

Chinese victory; China recovered territory lost to Japan and to Japanese puppet states 1

Classification

Death Toll Min

from 14,000,000 1

Conflict Type

Civil War 1

Second Sino-Japanese War

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Associated With

Atomic Bomb

The August 1945 atomic bombings ended the Pacific War against Japan while Japan was still fighting the Second Sino-Japanese War, which did not end until Japans surrender the same month.

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Commanders and Forces

Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong led Communist forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War

Uses

8.8 cm Flak Gun

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Arisaka

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Arisaka Type 99 Rifle

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Astra Model 900

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Bergmann MP18

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Browning Automatic Rifle

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BT tank

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Carcano Rifle

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DP-27 Machine Gun

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FN Model 24 and Model 30

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Hanyang 88

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Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun

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Hotchkiss Mle 1914 Machine Gun

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Lahti-Saloranta M/26

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Leichter Panzerspähwagen

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Luger P08 Pistol

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M3 scout car

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Mauser Model 1904

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Mauser Standardmodell

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MG 08

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MG 13

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Mosin-Nagant Rifle

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MP 18

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Panzer I

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Sten Gun

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Stielhandgranate

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Type 11 light machine gun

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Type 30 bayonet

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Type 30 rifle

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Type 38 rifle

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Type 44 carbine

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Type 89 machine gun

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Type 92 heavy machine gun

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Type 96 light machine gun

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Type 97 aircraft machine gun

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Type 97 automatic cannon

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Type 97 sniper rifle

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Type 99 Light Machine Gun

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Second Sino-Japanese War

Wikipedia

Lead section (start year)
It is often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia, as the wars became heavily intertwined after Japan attacked the United States.
Lead section (end year)
It is often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia, as the wars became heavily intertwined after Japan attacked the United States.
Lead section (combatants)
It is often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia, as the wars became heavily intertwined after Japan attacked the United States.
Lead section (outcome)
It is often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia, as the wars became heavily intertwined after Japan attacked the United States.
Infobox, casualties field
Infobox casualties: 14,000,000 to 22,000,000 total deaths
Conflict-type attribute (second-sino-japanese-war)
Japan's surrender in August 1945, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet declaration of war, ended the conflict, but China's civil war between the Nationalists and Communists, only briefly suspended for the united front, resumed almost immediately afterward.