# List of military engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War

This is a list of military engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period. Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localised to a specific area and over a specific period. The battles listed here are ones that have corresponding Wikipedia articles. A flag icon to the left of a battle's name shows the victorious side in the engagement. The date to the right of a battle's name shows when it began, except in the case of 1942's Battle of Changsha, which began in December 1941.

## Campaigns

* Honan-Hupeh Campaign
* Western Hunan Campaign
* Japanese Campaigns in Chinese War

### Aerial engagements

* Aerial Engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Battles with articles. Flag shows victorious side in each engagement. Date shows beginning date except for the 1942 battle of Changsha, which began in Dec. 1941.

### Battles

* Mukden September 1931
* Invasion of Manchuria September 1931
** Jiangqiao Campaign October 1931
** Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge November 1931
** Jinzhou December 1931
** Defense of Harbin January 1932
* Shanghai January 1932
* Pacification of Manchukuo March 1932
* Defense of the Great Wall January 1933
** Battle of Rehe February 1933
* Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933–1936)
** Suiyuan Campaign October 1936
* Battle of Lugou Bridge July 1937
* Battle of Beiping–Tianjin July 1937
* Chahar August 1937
* Battle of Shanghai August 1937
** Defense of Sihang Warehouse October 26, 1937
* Beiping–Hankou August 1937
* Tianjin–Pukou August 1937
* Battle of Taiyuan September 1937
** Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
** Battle of Xinkou September 1937
* Battle of Nanking December 1937
* Battle of Xuzhou December 1937
** Battle of Taierzhuang March 1938
* Northern and Eastern Honan 1938 January 1938
** Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
* Xiamen May 1938
* Battle of Wuhan June 1938
** Battle of Wanjialing
* Guangdong October 1938
* Hainan Island February 1939
* Battle of Nanchang March 1939
** Battle of Xiushui River March 1939
* Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang May 1939
* Shantou June 1939
* Battle of Changsha (1939) September 1939
* Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
** Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939
* 1939–1940 Winter Offensive November 1939
** Battle of West Suiyuan January – February 1940
** Battle of Wuyuan March 1940
* Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang May 1940
* Hundred Regiments Offensive August 1940
* Central Hupei November 1940
* Battle of South Henan January 1941
* Western Hopei March 1941
* Battle of Shanggao March 1941
* Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
* Battle of Changsha (1941) September 1941
* Battle of Changsha (1942) January 1942
* Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road March 1942
** Battle of Toungoo
** Battle of Yenangyaung
* Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 1942
* Battle of West Hubei May 1943
* Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan October 1943
* Battle of Changde November 1943
* Operation Ichi-Go
** Operation Kogo Battle of Central Henan April 1944
** Operation Togo 1 Battle of Changsha (1944)
** Operation Togo 2 and Operation Togo 3 Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou August 1944
* Battle of West Henan–North Hubei March — May 1945
* Battle of West Hunan April – June 1945
* Second Guangxi Campaign April — July 1945

## 1931

* Mukden September 1931
* Invasion of Manchuria September 1931
** Jiangqiao Campaign October 1931
*** Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge November 1931
** Jinzhou Operation December 1931

## 1932

** Defense of Harbin January 1932
* Shanghai (1932) January 1932
* Pacification of Manchukuo March 1932 - 1941
** Manchukuoan Anti Bandit Operations March 1932 - 1934
** Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army Resistance 1934 - 1941

## 1933-1936

* Operation Nekka January 1933
** Great Wall January 1933
** Battle of Rehe February 1933
* Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933-36)
** Campaign of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army May - October 1933
** Establishment of Mengjiang December 1935 - May 1936
** Suiyuan Campaign October 1936

## 1937

* Marco Polo Bridge Incident July 1937
* Beiping-Tianjin July 1937
* Chahar August 1937
* Battle of Shanghai August 1937
* Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation August 1937
* Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation August 1937
* Taiyuan September 1937
** Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
** Battle of Xinkou September 1937
* Battle of Nanjing December 1937

## 1938

* Battle of Xuzhou March 24 - May 1, 1938
** Battle of Taierzhuang 4 March – 7 April 1938
* Northern and Eastern Honan 1938 January 1938
** Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
* Amoy Operation May 1938
* Battle of Wuhan 11 June – 27 October 1938
* Canton Operation October 1938

## 1939

* Hainan Island Operation February 1939
* Battle of Nanchang March 1939
** Battle of Xiushui River March 1939
* Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang May 1939
* Swatow Operation June 1939
* Battle of Changsha (1939) September 1939
* Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
** Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939
* 1939-40 Winter Offensive November 1939 - March 1940
** Battle of Wuyuan March 1940

## 1940

* Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang May 1940
* Hundred Regiments Offensive August 1940
* Indochina Expedition September 1940
* Central Hopei Operation November 1940

## 1941

* Battle of South Henan January 1941
* Western Hopei Operation March 1941
* Battle of Shanggao March 1941
* Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
* Battle of Changsha (1941) September 1941

## 1942

* Battle of Changsha (1942) January 1942
* Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road March – June 1942
** Battle of Toungoo March 19-March 29, 1942
** Battle of Yenangyaung April 11–19, 1942
* Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 1942

## 1943

* Battle of West Hubei 12 May - 3 June 1943
* Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan October 1943 – March 1945
* Battle of Changde 2 November – 20 December 1943

## 1944

* Operation Ichi-Go.19 April – 31 December 1944
** Battle of Changsha (1944) May 1944 - August 1944
** Defense of Hengyang 22 June – 8 August 1944 (Japan Pyrrhic victory. Tojo cabinet collapsed.)
** Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou 16 August - 24 November 1944
* Battle of Mount Song June 4, 1944 – September 7, 1944

## 1945

* Battle of West Henan-North Hubei 21 March – 11 May 1945 (Tactical stalemate, Japanese operational victory)
* Battle of West Hunan April - June, 1945
* Second Guangxi Campaign April - August 1945
* Soviet invasion of Manchuria August – September, 1945

## Japanese invasions and operations

* Japanese Campaigns in Chinese War
* Jinzhou Operation
* Manchukuoan Anti Bandit Operations
* Operation Nekka
* Peiking–Hankou Railway Operation
* Tientsin–Pukow Railway Operation
* Operation Quhar
* Kuolichi-Taierhchuang Operation
* Canton Operation
* Amoy Operation
* Hainan Island Operation
* Han River Operation
* Invasion of French Indochina
* Swatow Operation
* Proposed Japanese invasion of Sichuan
* CHE-KIANG Operation
* Kwangchow Wan occupation
* Operation Ichi-Go

## Battles in Burma Campaign

* Battle of Oktwin Mar. 20 - 23, 1942
* Battle of Toungoo Mar. 24–28, 1942
* Battle of Yedahe Apr. 5–8, 1942
* Battle of Szuwa River Apr. 10–16, 1942
* Battle of Pyinmana April 17–20, 1942
* Battle of Yenangyaung Apr. 17-19 1942
* Battle of Mawache and Yato Early April 1942
* Battle of Bawlake April 17, 1942
* Battle of Hopong - Taunggyi April 20–24, 1942
* Battle of Loliem April 25, 1942
* Battle of Lashio (1942) April 29, 1942
* Battle of Hsenwe May 1, 1942
* Battle of Salween River May 6–31, 1942
* Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway May 23, 1942
* Battle of Yupang Oct. - Dec. 1943
* Battle of Lashio Jan 1944
* Battle of Maingkwan Feb.- 5 Mar. 1944
* Battle of Mogaung Mar. 1944
* Battle of Myitkyina Apr. - Aug. 1944
* Battle of Mongyu Dec.1944 - Jan. 1945
* Battle of Lashio (1945) Mar. 1945
* Battle of Hsipaw Mar.1945