Battle of Taierzhuang

Battle before: Battle of Nanjing
Battle after: Battle of Xuzhou

Battle of Taierzhuang
Conflict	Second Sino-Japanese War
Date	October 1937 and evening of March 24 1938¹ - April 7, 1938
Place	Taierzhuang, Shandong
Result	Decisive Kuomintang victory
¹ Assault of Taierzhuang began on March 24 but previous military developments dated back to October
Combatants China, National Revolutionary Army Japan, North China Theater Army Commanders Li Tsung-jen (supreme commander), Tang Enbai, Pang Bingxun, Zhang Zizhong, Sun Lianzhong, Sun Zhen, Wang Mingzhang†, Han Fuqu† Isogai Rensuke, Itagaki Seishiro Strength 10 divisionss , ~100,000 men 2 divisions (Itagaki 5th, Isogai 10th), ~30,000 men Casualties ~20000 over 16000

The Battle of Tai'erzhuang was a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938, between armies of Chinese Kuomintang and Japan.

Taierzhuang locates on the eastern bank of the Grand Canal of China and was a frontier garrison northeast of Xuzhou. Xuzhou itself was the joint of Jinpu Railway (Tianjin-Pudong Railway) and Longhai Railway (Lanzhou-Lianyonggang Railway) and the HQ of KMT's 5th War Zone.

Related topics

• Military history of Japan
• History of China
• History of Japan
• Republic of China
• World War II
• Kuomintang
• Battle of Lugou Bridge

• Memorial museum of the Battle of Taierzhuang (in Chinese)