Western Hubei Operation

Western Hubei Operation
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Date March 1941 Location Western Hubei Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Li Zongren	Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe
Strength
River Defense Force 26th Corps 32nd Division 41st Division 44th Division 103rd Division	11th Army 13th Division
Casualties and losses
26th corps[1] : 47 officers and 1,800 soldiers killed 124 officers and 2,699 soldiers wounded	?

The Western Hubei Operation was an engagement between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Three infantry, one cavalry and an artillery regiment of the 13th Division crossed to the south bank of the Yangtze River near Ichang to attack the Chinese positions there.

References

1. 國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，蕭之楚電蔣中正所部宜西戰鬥傷亡官兵與現有尚缺數量現奉令調常德漢壽一帶整補請速由湘軍管區補撥缺額，典藏號：002-090200-00070-378 [1]

• Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China. Pg. 342–344, Map 23