Battle of Changsha (1941)

Battle of Changsha (1941)
	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	September 6 – October 8, 1941; (1 month and 2 days)
Location	Changsha
Result	Chinese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Xue Yue	Korechika Anami
Units involved
Republic of China Army	Imperial Japanese Army; Imperial Japanese Navy
Strength
300,000; 30 divisions; 631 artillery pieces	120,000 troops; 46 battalions; 326 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1,684 killed and missing; 5,184 wounded

The 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.

Battle of Changsha (1941)

See also