Battle of South Shanxi

Battle of South Shanxi
	Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
	; A map of the battle
Date	May 7–27, 1941; (2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	South Shanxi, China
Result	Japanese victory
Belligerents
National Revolutionary Army, China	North China Front Army, Imperial Japanese Army, Japan
Commanders and leaders
Wei Lihuang	Hayao Tada
Strength
180,000 troops in 8 armies	100,000 troops in 6 divisions, 3 brigades
Casualties and losses
more than 100,000 troops	more than 20,000 troops

The Battle of South Shanxi , also known as the Battle of Jinnan (Chinese: 晉南战役) and Zhongtiao Mountains campaign (Chinese: 中條山會戰) by the Chinese and as the Chungyuan Operation by the Japanese, was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).

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