Hundred Regiments Offensive

E213684

battle military offensive

The Hundred Regiments Offensive was a major 1940 Chinese Communist-led campaign against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, notable for its large-scale guerrilla and conventional operations in North China.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hundred Regiments Campaign	2
Hundred Regiments Offensive canonical	2
Chinese: 百团大战	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hundred Regiments Offensive
Context triple: [National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army, engagement, Hundred Regiments Offensive]

A. Dabie Mountains Campaign
The Dabie Mountains Campaign was a major Chinese Civil War offensive in 1947 in which Communist forces, led in part by Liu Bocheng, penetrated deep into Nationalist-held central China to establish a strategic base area.
B. Huaihai Campaign
The Huaihai Campaign was a decisive large-scale military offensive during the Chinese Civil War in 1948–1949 that led to a major Communist victory over Nationalist forces and significantly shifted the balance of power in China.
C. Pingjin Campaign
The Pingjin Campaign was a major 1948–1949 military offensive by the Chinese Communist forces that led to the capture of Beijing and Tianjin and decisively shifted the balance of the Chinese Civil War in their favor.
D. Liaoshen Campaign
The Liaoshen Campaign was a major 1948 military offensive during the Chinese Civil War in which Communist forces decisively defeated Nationalist troops in Northeast China, shifting the overall balance of the conflict.
E. Chinese Second Phase Offensive
The Chinese Second Phase Offensive was a major Chinese People's Volunteer Army campaign during the Korean War that pushed United Nations forces southward in late 1950, including the fighting at the Chosin Reservoir.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hundred Regiments Offensive
Target entity description: The Hundred Regiments Offensive was a major 1940 Chinese Communist-led campaign against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, notable for its large-scale guerrilla and conventional operations in North China.

A. Dabie Mountains Campaign
The Dabie Mountains Campaign was a major Chinese Civil War offensive in 1947 in which Communist forces, led in part by Liu Bocheng, penetrated deep into Nationalist-held central China to establish a strategic base area.
B. Huaihai Campaign
The Huaihai Campaign was a decisive large-scale military offensive during the Chinese Civil War in 1948–1949 that led to a major Communist victory over Nationalist forces and significantly shifted the balance of power in China.
C. Pingjin Campaign
The Pingjin Campaign was a major 1948–1949 military offensive by the Chinese Communist forces that led to the capture of Beijing and Tianjin and decisively shifted the balance of the Chinese Civil War in their favor.
D. Liaoshen Campaign
The Liaoshen Campaign was a major 1948 military offensive during the Chinese Civil War in which Communist forces decisively defeated Nationalist troops in Northeast China, shifting the overall balance of the conflict.
E. Chinese Second Phase Offensive
The Chinese Second Phase Offensive was a major Chinese People's Volunteer Army campaign during the Korean War that pushed United Nations forces southward in late 1950, including the fighting at the Chosin Reservoir.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
aftermath	intensified Japanese pacification campaigns in North China ⓘ internal controversy within the Chinese Communist Party over its political impact ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hundred Regiments Campaign ⓘ linked to: Hundred Regiments Offensive
belligerent	Chinese Communist forces ⓘ linked to: Chinese Red Army Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ collaborationist Chinese forces ⓘ
commander	Liu Bocheng ⓘ Nie Rongzhen ⓘ Okamura Yasuji ⓘ Peng Dehuai ⓘ
conflict	Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ linked to: Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
countryInvolved	Republic of China ⓘ
date	1940 ⓘ
endDate	1940-12 ⓘ
forceInvolved	Eighth Route Army 115th Division ⓘ linked to: National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army Eighth Route Army 120th Division ⓘ linked to: National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army Eighth Route Army 129th Division ⓘ
historicalSignificance	largest Communist-led campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War up to that time ⓘ
ledBy	Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
location	Hebei ⓘ Henan ⓘ linked to: Henan Province North China ⓘ Shanxi ⓘ linked to: Shanxi Province
notableFor	coordination of multiple Communist base areas ⓘ extensive sabotage of railway infrastructure ⓘ
numberOfRegimentsInvolved	over 100 ⓘ
objective	to attack Japanese strongpoints ⓘ to destroy Japanese-controlled railways ⓘ to disrupt Japanese lines of communication ⓘ
operationType	conventional warfare ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ
organizedBy	Eighth Route Army ⓘ linked to: National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
partOf	Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ linked to: Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
primaryTheater	North China Plain ⓘ
railwayTarget	Jinpu Railway ⓘ linked to: Tianjin–Pukou Railway Tongpu Railway ⓘ linked to: Zhengtai Railway Zhengtai Railway ⓘ
result	strengthening of Japanese “Three Alls” policy ⓘ subsequent harsh Japanese countermeasures ⓘ tactical Chinese Communist successes ⓘ
scale	large-scale ⓘ
startDate	1940-08 ⓘ