Battle of Pingxingguan

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The Battle of Pingxingguan was a 1937 engagement in the Second Sino-Japanese War in which Chinese Communist forces ambushed and inflicted significant losses on Japanese troops, boosting Chinese morale early in the conflict.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Pingxingguan canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pingxing Pass battle ⓘ
belligerent Chinese Communist forces ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Red Army

Eighth Route Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
captured Japanese supplies ⓘ
Japanese weapons ⓘ
casualtiesInflicted significant Japanese losses ⓘ
combatant Chinese Communist Party forces ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
commander Itagaki Seishiro ⓘ
linked to: Itagaki Seishirō

Lin Biao ⓘ
Nie Rongzhen ⓘ
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
country China ⓘ
date 1937-09-25 ⓘ
endDate 1937-09-25 ⓘ
forceInvolved 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army ⓘ
front Northern China ⓘ
linked to: North China
historicalPeriod Second World War in Asia ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
involved Chinese peasants as porters and guides ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
location Pingxingguan Pass ⓘ
Shanxi Province ⓘ
militaryTactic close-range ambush of marching column ⓘ
use of terrain for concealment ⓘ
notableFor ambush of Japanese supply convoy in mountain pass ⓘ
first major victory claimed by Chinese Communist forces in Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
use of guerrilla tactics ⓘ
opponentUnit Japanese 5th Division elements ⓘ
Japanese supply column ⓘ
partOf Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
partOfCampaign Battle of Taiyuan ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Taiyuan (early phase) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Taiyuan

Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ
region North China ⓘ
result Chinese victory ⓘ
significance early morale boost for Chinese resistance ⓘ
symbolic demonstration of Communist resistance to Japan ⓘ
startDate 1937-09-25 ⓘ
strategicEffect boosted Chinese morale ⓘ
propaganda victory for Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
tacticalOutcome successful Chinese ambush ⓘ
terrain mountain pass ⓘ
typeOfOperation ambush ⓘ
year 1937 ⓘ

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

Battle of Taiyuan → precededBy → Battle of Pingxingguan ⓘ
115th Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Pingxingguan ⓘ