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Battle Of Taierzhuang attle before: Battle of Nanjing
Battle after: Battle of Xuzhou | | olspan=2 bgcolor=#cccccc|Battle of Taierzhuang | | onflict | Second Sino-Japanese War | | ate | October 1937 and evening of March 24 1938¹ - April 7, 1938 | | lace | Taierzhuang, Shandong | | esult | Decisive Kuomintang victory | | olspan=2|¹ Assault of Taierzhuang began on March 24 but previous military developments dated back to October | | olspan=2| {|border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 | | olspan=2 bgcolor=#cccccc|Combatants | | idth=50%|China, National Revolutionary Army | width=50%|Japan, North China Theater Army | | olspan=2|Commanders | | a href="/encyclopedia/Li-Tsung-jen" title="Li Tsung-jen">Li Tsung-jen (supreme commander), Tang Enbai, Pang Bingxun, Zhang Zizhong, Sun Lianzhong, Sun Zhen, Wang Mingzhang†, Han Fuqu† | Isogai Rensuke, Itagaki Seishiro | | olspan=2|Strength | | 0 divisions, ~100,000 men | 2 divisions (Itagaki 5th, Isogai 10th), ~30,000 men | | olspan=2|Casualties | | 20000 | over 16000 | } | The Battle of Tai'erzhuang was a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938, between armies of Chinese Kuomintang and Japan. Taierzhuang is located on the eastern bank of the Grand Canal of China and was a frontier garrison northeast of Xuzhou. Xuzhou itself was the joint of Jinpu Railway (Tianjin-Pudong) and Longhai Railway (Lanzhou-Lianyungang) and the headquarters of the KMT's 5th War Zone. The battle involved a Japanese plan to conquer Xuzhou, a major city in the East. However, the Japanese failed to consider the plans of Li Tsung-jen who planned to encircle the Japanese in the town of Tai'erzhuang. The Japanese overconfidently attacked frontally and failed to consider the Chinese numbers. A major encirclement preceded a major Japanese retreat, which the Chinese unfortunately failed to capitalize by pursuing. Nevertheless, the Chinese scored a major victory, the first of the Kuomintang in the war. The battle broke the infallibility of the Japanese and resulted in an incalculable benefit to the Chinese morale. External links Taierzhuang
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