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The Battle of Wuhan was a Japanese attack on the Chinese city of Wuhan during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The battle started on February 1938 and ended on October 1938. The city of Wuhan had a military base with 1,100,000 Chinese soldiers. The Japanese, planned to encircle and invade Wuchang. In October, the Chinese army was able to retreat out of Wuhan.

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  • Wuhan dot

    Location of Wuhan within China

  • Chiang Kai-Shek in Wuhan University

    Chiang Kai-Shek inspecting Chinese soldiers in Wuhan as Japanese forces approach the city

  • 1938 June Yellow River

    Chinese troops crossing the Yellow River in June 1938, the river was deliberately flooded by Chinese forces to buy time to defend Wuhan.

  • Chinese Soldier

    The famous portrait of a 15-year-old soldier in Hankow, taken by Robert Capa

  • Japanese tankettes with pioneer troops marching towards Wu-han, near Na-hsi

    Japanese armoured vehicles and pioneer troops approaching Wuhan

  • Chinese Troops in Xinyang

    Chinese mortars in Xinyang

  • NRAWanjialing1

    Advancing Chinese troops during the Battle of Wanjialing

  • Defenders Around River

    Chinese defenders around the Yangtze River during the Battle of Wuhan

  • Japanese naval landing forces blasting Chinese pillbox and marching with the naval flag, Canton Operation

    Japanese marine troops destroying a Chinese pillbox during the Canton Operation

  • Hankou city has fallen No.1 1938

    Hankou City on fire following the retreat of Chinese forces

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Batalla de Wuhan para niños

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