List of military engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War

This is a list of military engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period. Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localised to a specific area and over a specific period. The battles listed here are ones that have corresponding Wikipedia articles. A flag icon to the left of a battle's name shows the victorious side in the engagement. The date to the right of a battle's name shows when it began, except in the case of 1942's Battle of Changsha, which began in December 1941.

Campaigns

 * Honan-Hupeh Campaign
 * Western Hunan Campaign


 * Japanese Campaigns in Chinese War

Aerial engagements

 * Aerial Engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Battles with articles. Flag shows victorious side in each engagement. Date shows beginning date except for the 1942 battle of Changsha, which began in Dec. 1941.

Battles

 * Mukden September 1931
 * Invasion of Manchuria September 1931
 * Jiangqiao Campaign October 1931
 * Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge November 1931
 * Jinzhou December 1931
 * Defense of Harbin January 1932
 * Shanghai January 1932
 * Pacification of Manchukuo March 1932
 * Defense of the Great Wall January 1933
 * Battle of Rehe February 1933
 * Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933–1936)
 * Suiyuan Campaign October 1936
 * Battle of Lugou Bridge July 1937
 * Battle of Beiping–Tianjin July 1937
 * Chahar August 1937
 * Battle of Shanghai August 1937
 * Defense of Sihang Warehouse October 26, 1937
 * Beiping–Hankou August 1937
 * Tianjin–Pukou August 1937
 * Battle of Taiyuan September 1937
 * Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
 * Battle of Xinkou September 1937
 * Battle of Nanking December 1937
 * Battle of Xuzhou December 1937
 * Battle of Taierzhuang March 1938
 * Northern and Eastern Honan 1938 January 1938
 * Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
 * Xiamen May 1938
 * Battle of Wuhan June 1938
 * Battle of Wanjialing
 * Guangdong October 1938
 * Hainan Island February 1939
 * Battle of Nanchang March 1939
 * Battle of Xiushui River March 1939
 * Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang May 1939
 * Shantou June 1939
 * Battle of Changsha (1939) September 1939
 * Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
 * Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939
 * 1939–1940 Winter Offensive November 1939
 * Battle of West Suiyuan January – February 1940
 * Battle of Wuyuan March 1940
 * Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang May 1940
 * Hundred Regiments Offensive August 1940
 * Central Hupei November 1940
 * Battle of South Henan January 1941
 * Western Hopei March 1941
 * Battle of Shanggao March 1941
 * Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
 * Battle of Changsha (1941) September 1941
 * Battle of Changsha (1942) January 1942
 * Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road March 1942
 * Battle of Toungoo
 * Battle of Yenangyaung
 * Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 1942
 * Battle of West Hubei May 1943
 * 🇺🇸 Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan October 1943
 * Battle of Changde November 1943
 * Operation Ichi-Go
 * Operation Kogo Battle of Central Henan April 1944
 * Operation Togo 1 Battle of Changsha (1944)
 * Operation Togo 2 and Operation Togo 3 Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou August 1944
 * Battle of West Henan–North Hubei March — May 1945
 * 🇺🇸 Battle of West Hunan April – June 1945
 * Second Guangxi Campaign April — July 1945

1931

 * Mukden September 1931
 * Invasion of Manchuria September 1931
 * Jiangqiao Campaign October 1931
 * Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge November 1931
 * Jinzhou Operation December 1931

1932

 * Defense of Harbin January 1932
 * Shanghai (1932) January 1932
 * Pacification of Manchukuo March 1932 - 1941
 * Manchukuoan Anti Bandit Operations March 1932 - 1934
 * Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army Resistance 1934 - 1941

1933-1936

 * Operation Nekka January 1933
 * Great Wall January 1933
 * Battle of Rehe February 1933
 * Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933-36)
 * Campaign of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army May - October 1933
 * Establishment of Mengjiang December 1935 - May 1936
 * Suiyuan Campaign October 1936

1937

 * Marco Polo Bridge Incident July 1937
 * Beiping-Tianjin July 1937
 * Chahar August 1937
 * Battle of Shanghai August 1937
 * Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation August 1937
 * Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation August 1937
 * Taiyuan September 1937
 * Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
 * Battle of Xinkou September 1937
 * Battle of Nanjing December 1937

1938

 * Battle of Xuzhou March 24 - May 1, 1938
 * Battle of Taierzhuang 4 March – 7 April 1938
 * Northern and Eastern Honan 1938 January 1938
 * Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
 * Amoy Operation May 1938
 * Battle of Wuhan 11 June – 27 October 1938
 * Canton Operation October 1938

1939

 * Hainan Island Operation February 1939
 * Battle of Nanchang March 1939
 * Battle of Xiushui River March 1939
 * Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang May 1939
 * Swatow Operation June 1939
 * Battle of Changsha (1939) September 1939
 * Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
 * Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939
 * 1939-40 Winter Offensive November 1939 - March 1940
 * Battle of Wuyuan March 1940

1940

 * Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang May 1940
 * Hundred Regiments Offensive August 1940
 * Indochina Expedition September 1940
 * Central Hopei Operation November 1940

1941

 * Battle of South Henan January 1941
 * Western Hopei Operation March 1941
 * Battle of Shanggao March 1941
 * Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
 * Battle of Changsha (1941) September 1941

1942

 * Battle of Changsha (1942) January 1942
 * Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road March – June 1942
 * Battle of Toungoo March 19-March 29, 1942
 * Battle of Yenangyaung April 11–19, 1942
 * Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 1942

1943

 * Battle of West Hubei 12 May - 3 June 1943
 * Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan October 1943 – March 1945
 * Battle of Changde 2 November – 20 December 1943

1944

 * Operation Ichi-Go.19 April – 31 December 1944
 * Battle of Changsha (1944) May 1944 - August 1944
 * Defense of Hengyang 22 June – 8 August 1944 (Japan Pyrrhic victory. Tojo cabinet collapsed.)
 * Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou 16 August - 24 November 1944
 * Battle of Mount Song June 4, 1944 – September 7, 1944

1945

 * Battle of West Henan-North Hubei 21 March – 11 May 1945 (Tactical stalemate, Japanese operational victory)
 * Battle of West Hunan April - June, 1945
 * Second Guangxi Campaign April - August 1945
 * Soviet invasion of Manchuria August – September, 1945

Japanese invasions and operations

 * Japanese Campaigns in Chinese War
 * Jinzhou Operation
 * Manchukuoan Anti Bandit Operations
 * Operation Nekka
 * Peiking–Hankou Railway Operation
 * Tientsin–Pukow Railway Operation
 * Operation Quhar
 * Kuolichi-Taierhchuang Operation
 * Canton Operation
 * Amoy Operation
 * Hainan Island Operation
 * Han River Operation
 * Invasion of French Indochina
 * Swatow Operation
 * Proposed Japanese invasion of Sichuan
 * CHE-KIANG Operation
 * Kwangchow Wan occupation
 * Operation Ichi-Go

Battles in Burma Campaign

 * Battle of Oktwin Mar. 20 - 23, 1942
 * Battle of Toungoo Mar. 24–28, 1942
 * Battle of Yedahe Apr. 5–8, 1942
 * Battle of Szuwa River Apr. 10–16, 1942
 * Battle of Pyinmana April 17–20, 1942
 * Battle of Yenangyaung Apr. 17-19 1942
 * Battle of Mawache and Yato Early April 1942
 * Battle of Bawlake April 17, 1942
 * Battle of Hopong - Taunggyi April 20–24, 1942
 * Battle of Loliem April 25, 1942
 * Battle of Lashio (1942) April 29, 1942
 * Battle of Hsenwe May 1, 1942
 * Battle of Salween River May 6–31, 1942
 * Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway May 23, 1942
 * Battle of Yupang Oct. - Dec. 1943
 * Battle of Lashio Jan 1944
 * Battle of Maingkwan Feb.- 5 Mar. 1944
 * Battle of Mogaung Mar. 1944
 * Battle of Myitkyina Apr. - Aug. 1944
 * Battle of Mongyu Dec.1944 - Jan. 1945
 * Battle of Lashio (1945) Mar. 1945
 * Battle of Hsipaw Mar.1945