Wuhan campaign

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The Wuhan campaign was a major 1938 military operation in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, marked by large-scale battles and heavy casualties as Japan sought to capture the strategic city of Wuhan.

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Generate an image of the Wuhan campaign (The Wuhan campaign was a major 1938 military operation in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, marked by large-scale battles and heavy casualties as Japan sought to capture the strategic city of Wuhan.)

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Label Occurrences
Wuhan campaign canonical 7
Battle of Wuhan 1
Battle of Wuhan air campaign 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
characteristic heavy casualties ⓘ
large-scale battles ⓘ
prolonged fighting ⓘ
commandedBy Chinese commander Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
linked to: Chiang Kai-shek

Japanese Central China Area Army commanders ⓘ
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
conflictType conventional warfare ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Republic of China ⓘ
endTime 1938-10 ⓘ
followedBy Japanese advance into south-central China ⓘ
front Central China Front ⓘ
hasCause Japanese attempt to capture Wuhan ⓘ
historicalContext Sino-Japanese hostilities in the 1930s ⓘ
historicalRegion Hubei Province ⓘ
impact Japanese control over key Yangtze River corridor ⓘ
further weakening of Chinese central government position ⓘ
involves air operations ⓘ
ground forces ⓘ
naval support on Yangtze River ⓘ
location Wuhan ⓘ
central China ⓘ
notableFor defense of Wuhan as temporary Chinese capital region ⓘ
extensive use of air power ⓘ
large-scale troop concentrations ⓘ
objective capture of Wuhan by Japanese forces ⓘ
partOf Japanese invasion of China ⓘ
Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Xuzhou ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Nanjing ⓘ
Battle of Shanghai ⓘ
Wuhan ⓘ
result Japanese victory ⓘ
fall of Wuhan ⓘ
startTime 1938-06 ⓘ
strategicImportance major transportation hub ⓘ
political center of Nationalist China ⓘ
theater China theater of World War II ⓘ
linked to: China Theater
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
year 1938 ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → significantEvent → Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
linked to: Wuhan campaign
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → significantEvent → Battle of Wuhan air campaign ⓘ
linked to: Wuhan campaign
Central China Front → notableOperation → Wuhan campaign ⓘ
Central China Front → conflict → Wuhan campaign ⓘ
Battle of Wuhan → alsoKnownAs → Wuhan Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Wuhan campaign