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Battle of Changsha (1941)

For the offensive beginning 24 December 1941, see Battle of Changsha (1941–1942).
Second Battle of Changsha
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War

A Japanese soldier firing a Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun across the Miluo river in September 1941
Date (1941-09-06) (1941-10-08)September 6 – October 8, 1941
(1 month and 2 days)
Location
Changsha, Republic of China
Result Both sides claim victory. No territorial change.
Belligerents
Republic of China Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Republic of China (1912–1949) Xue Yue Empire of Japan Korechika Anami
Units involved
 Republic of China Army  Imperial Japanese Army
 Imperial Japanese Navy
Strength
In the Changsha battlefield :
300,000 troops
30 divisions
631 artillery pieces[1]		 In the Changsha battlefield :
120,000 troops
46 battalions
326 artillery pieces[1]
Casualties and losses

Ninth Military Front :[2]
23,858 killed
35,220 wounded
11,594 missing

Supporting Operations :
Third Military Front :

  • According to the History of the Anti-Japanese War :[3] 1,600+ losses
  • According to the commander-in-chief's report :[4]
    5,678 killed or wounded
    741 missing

Fifth Military Front : 790 casualties[5]

Sixth Military Front in the Yichang offensive : 21,368 casualties[6]

Total : nearly 100,000 killed, wounded, or missing

Japanese data:
1,670 killed
5,184 wounded
14 missing[1][a]

Chinese claim:
Ninth Military Front's claim :[2]
55,821 Japanese troops killed or wounded
263 Japanese troops captured

Third Military Front's claim :

  • According to the History of the Anti-Japanese War :[3]
    6,294 Japanese and puppet troops killed or wounded
    224 Japanese and puppet troops captured
  • According to the commander-in-chief's report :[4]
    6,541 Japanese troops killed or wounded
    313 Japanese and puppet troops captured

Fifth Military Front's claim :[5]
Approximately 1,200 Japanese troops killed or wounded
371 Japanese and puppet troops captured

Sixth Military Front's claim :[6]
6,422 Japanese soldiers troops killed or wounded
23 Japanese soldiers captured
  1. ^ including the Changsha, Yichang, Jiangnan, and Haoxue battlefields

The (Second) Battle of Changsha (6 September – 8 October 1941; Chinese: 第二次長沙會戰) was Japan's second attempt at taking the city of Changsha, China, the capital of Hunan Province, as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

  1. ^ a b c Japanese Monograph No. 179, Central China Area Operations Record 1937-1941 pp. 265
  2. ^ a b History of the Anti-Japanese War: Second Battle of Changsha (Part 1) 1966, p. 36-37.
  3. ^ a b History of the Anti-Japanese War: Second Battle of Changsha (Part 3) 1966, p. 202.
  4. ^ a b 國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，顧祝同電蔣中正九月二十三日至十月二十日策應湘北作戰共傷亡五六七八員失蹤七四一員俘獲偽軍三一三員步槍一一○枝破壞公路十一段橋樑二座等重要戰績，典藏號： 002-090200-00073-047 [1]
  5. ^ a b History of the Anti-Japanese War: Second Battle of Changsha (Part 3) 1966, p. 235-236.
  6. ^ a b History of the Anti-Japanese War: Second Battle of Changsha (Part 3) 1966, p. 283-284.
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