Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang

Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
	; Japanese troops in the battle of Zaoyang-Yichang
Date	May 1 – June 18, 1940; (1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Vicinities of Zaoyang and Yichang, Hubei
Result	Japanese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Li Zongren; Zhang Zizhong †	Waichiro Sonobe
Strength
350,000	IJA 11th Army; 200+ tanks; 100+ aircraft; 1st China Expeditionary Fleet
Casualties and losses
Japanese records: 60,000+ killed & wounded; 81 artillery pieces captured; 727 automatic weapons captured; 12,557 rifles captured;	Chinese records: 11,000 killed; ; According to Japanese confidential files: 2,700 killed; 7,800 wounded; tens of thousands;

The Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang, also known as the Battle of Zaoyi (Chinese: 棗宜會戰), was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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