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Battle of Changsha (1941)
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
A Japanese soldier firing a Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun across the Miluo river in September 1941
Date (1941-09-06) (1941-10-08)September 6 – October 8, 1941 (1 month and 2 days) Location Changsha, Republic of China Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Xue Yue	Korechika Anami
Units involved
Republic of China Army	Imperial Japanese Army  Imperial Japanese Navy
Strength
300,000 30 divisions 631 artillery pieces	120,000 troops 46 battalions 326 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
Ninth War Zone : 70,019 killed, wounded, or missing. Sixth War Zone : 21,542 killed, wounded, or missing, Total: 91,561 killed, wounded or missing	1,684 killed and missing 5,184 wounded

The (Second) Battle of Changsha (6 September – 8 October 1941; Chinese: 第二次長沙會戰) was Japan's second attempt at taking the city of Changsha, China, the capital of Hunan Province, as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The Japanese were repulsed again, and the battle ended with a Chinese victory.

See also

• Battle of Changsha (1939)
• Battle of Changsha (1941–1942)
• Battle of Changsha (1944)
• Battle of Changsha (TV series), the TV series depicting this event

References

1. ^ Japanese Monograph No. 179, Central China Area Operations Record 1937-1941 pp. 265
2. 抗日战争湖南战场史料(二). 2012. p. 243.
3. 國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，陳誠電蔣中正何應欽第六戰區襄西攻勢作戰各部隊人員傷亡報告，典藏號：002-090200-00071-042

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• Conflicts in 1941
• Battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War
• Changsha in World War II
• 1941 in China
• 1941 in Japan
• September 1941 events
• October 1941 events