Battle of West Hubei

The Battle of West Hubei (simplified Chinese: 鄂西会战; traditional Chinese: 鄂西會戰; pinyin: È Xī Huìzhàn), was one of 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was also one of four major battles that took place in Hubei.

Battle of West Hubei
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II
Date12 May – 3 June 1943
Location
West Hubei
Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
 China  Japan
Commanders and leaders
Chen Cheng Isamu Yokoyama
Strength
280,000 120,000
Casualties and losses
23,550 killed
18,295 wounded
7,270 missing[1]:137		 25,000 killed and wounded
40 aircraft destroyed
122 naval vessels damaged or sunk[2]

It resulted in a Chinese strategic victory, although they lost more troops than the Japanese Army. Historian Barbara W. Tuchman, however, writes that the "Japanese withdrew without pursuit from what appeared to have been a training and foraging offensive to collect rice and river shipping."[3] However, that states that it ended in a tactical draw.

The Chinese government and Western media reported that the Chinese had scored a major victory.[4]

Results

The Chinese government and Western media reported that the Chinese had scored a major victory.[5] Historian Barbara W. Tuchman had another opinion, however. She wrote that the "Japanese withdrew without pursuit from what appeared to have been a training and foraging offensive to collect rice and river shipping."[6]

Changjiao massacre
Main article: Changjiao massacre

During the period of the Battle of West Hubei, People's Republic of China historians have claimed that the Changjiao massacre (Chinese: 厂窖惨案) occurred, during which Japanese troops slaughtered more than 30,000 civilians at a factory in the tiny hamlet of Changjiao, northern Hunan, over a three-day period from 9–12 May 1943.[7]

References
  1. 陳敬堂 (15 July 2014). 《寫給香港人的中國現代史》. 香港: 中華書局（香港）. ISBN 978-988-8290-82-6.
  2. "鄂西大捷 徹底擊潰日軍13師團 滇西展開反攻". 鐵血映丹心. 青年日報. 31 May 2015.
  3. Barbara Tuchman, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, pp. 373
  6. Barbara Tuchman, "Stilwell and the American Experience in China", pp. 373
  7. "1943 Timeline". WW2DB. Retrieved 7 January 2013.


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