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Battle of Taierzhuang Wikipedia

Battle before: Battle of Nanjing<br/>Battle after: Battle of Xuzhou

colspan=2 bgcolor=#cccccc|Battle of Taierzhuang
Conflict	Second Sino-Japanese War
Date	October 1937 and evening of March 24 1938¹ - April 7, 1938
Place	Taierzhuang, Shandong
Result	Decisive Kuomintang victory
colspan=2|¹ Assault of Taierzhuang began on March 24 but previous military developments dated back to October
colspan=2| colspan=2 bgcolor=#cccccc|Combatants width=50%|China, National Revolutionary Army width=50%|Japan, North China Theater Army colspan=2|Commanders Li Tsung-jen (supreme commander), Tang Enbai, Pang Bingxun, Zhang Zizhong, Sun Lianzhong, Sun Zhen, Wang Mingzhang&dagger;, Han Fuqu&dagger; Isogai Rensuke, Itagaki Seishiro</td></tr> colspan=2|Strength 10 Division (military)|divisions, ~100,000 men 2 Division (military)|divisions (Itagaki 5th, Isogai 10th), ~30,000 men colspan=2|Casualties ~20000 over 16000

The Battle of Tai'erzhuang was a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938, between armies of China|Chinese Kuomintang and Japan.

Taierzhuang is located on the eastern bank of the Grand Canal of China and was a frontier garrison northeast of Xuzhou. Xuzhou itself was the joint of Jinpu Railway (Tianjin-Pudong) and Longhai Railway (Lanzhou-Lianyungang) and the headquarters of the KMT's 5th War Zone.

The battle involved a Japanese plan to conquer Xuzhou, a major city in the East. However, the Japanese failed to consider the plans of Li Tsung-jen who planned to encircle the Japanese in the town of Tai'erzhuang. The Japanese overconfidently attacked frontally and failed to consider the Chinese numbers. A major encirclement preceded a major Japanese retreat, which the Chinese unfortunately failed to capitalize by pursuing.

Nevertheless, the Chinese scored a major victory, the first of the Kuomintang in the war. The battle broke the infallibility of the Japanese and resulted in an incalculable benefit to the Chinese morale.

Last Modified:   2005-04-13