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| Battle of South Guangxi | |||||||||
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| Part of theSecond Sino-Japanese War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 China |  Japan | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Bai ChongxiZhang Fakui |  Rikichi AndōSeiichi Kuno | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 150,000 (initially only 2 understrength army groups, reinforced by 2 army groups, including 200th Division(only mechanised force in NRA)) CAF 100 aircraft | 100,000 (5th Division, 18th Division(elements), Guards Mixed Brigade, Taiwan Mixed Brigade) 100 aircraft 2 aircraft carriers 70 warships[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
From 15 November 1939 until 26 February 1940 :[1][a] 45 billion yuan worth of private & public property damage[citation needed] | Chinese Claim :[2] Japanese Army : 23,349 killed or wounded 16 captured Collaborationist Army : 4 officers and 9 soldiers captured Battle of Kunlun Pass : 4,000+ killed (including 85% of all officers) 4,000+ wounded 100 captured Total: 8,100+ casualties | ||||||||
| 11,147 civilians killed 2,161 civilians wounded[citation needed] 3,986 civilians missing[citation needed] Total: 17,294 civilians | |||||||||
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TheBattle of South Guangxi (traditional Chinese:桂南會戰;simplified Chinese:桂南会战;pinyin:Guìnán Huìzhàn) was one of the 22 major engagements between theNational Revolutionary Army andImperial Japanese Army during theSecond Sino-Japanese War.
In November 1939, the Japanese landed on the coast ofGuangxi and capturedNanning. In this battle, the Japanese successfully cut offChongqing from the ocean, effectively severing foreign aid to China's war efforts by the sea, renderingIndochina, theBurma Road andThe Hump the only ways to send aid to China.
The Chinese launched several major offensives that maximized Japanese casualties. A majority of the conflicts occurred in thefighting for Kunlun Pass. With the success of theVietnam Expedition in September 1940, the Japanese were able to cut China off from Indochina. Now only the Burma Road and The Hump remained, ending the costly necessity of occupying Guangxi. By November 1940, Japanese forces had evacuated from Guangxi except from some coastal enclaves.
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