Battle of Wuhan

The Battle of Wuhan ( ; ; ), popularly known to Chinese as the Defense of Wuhan ( ; ; ), also known as the Invasion of Wuhan (Japanese:武漢攻略戦), was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War. More than one million National Revolutionary Army troops were gathered, with Chiang Kai-shek himself in command, to defend Wuhan from the Imperial Japanese Army led by Yasuji Okamura. Engagements were in both northern and southern shores of Yangtze River, spreading across vast areas of Anhui, Henan, Jiangxi and Hubei. It lasted four and half months, and was the longest, largest and one of the most significant battles of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War.
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