1940 (Hundred Regiments Offensive)

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The 1940 Hundred Regiments Offensive was a major Chinese Communist military campaign against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, notable for its large scale and coordination across multiple guerrilla units.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
event in the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hundred Regiments Campaign ⓘ
associatedWith Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
Mao Zedong ⓘ
belligerent Chinese Communist forces ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
collaborationist Chinese forces ⓘ
commander Liu Bocheng ⓘ
Nie Rongzhen ⓘ
Peng Dehuai ⓘ
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
consequence Japanese Three Alls Policy campaigns in North China ⓘ
increased Japanese pacification operations ⓘ
countryInvolved Republic of China ⓘ
damageInflicted demolition of blockhouses ⓘ
demolition of tunnels ⓘ
destruction of railway tracks and bridges ⓘ
endTime 1940-12 ⓘ
estimatedTroopStrength over 400000 Chinese Communist troops ⓘ
followedBy intensified Japanese counterinsurgency operations in 1941 ⓘ
hasLanguageName Chinese: 百团大战 ⓘ
historicalDebate later controversy within CCP over responsibility and impact ⓘ
location Hebei ⓘ
Henan ⓘ
linked to: Henan Province

North China ⓘ
Shanxi ⓘ
linked to: Shanxi Province

Zhengtai Railway region ⓘ
notableFor extensive railway sabotage ⓘ
high level of coordination among guerrilla units ⓘ
one of the largest Communist-led operations of the war ⓘ
objective to destroy Japanese blockhouses and strongpoints ⓘ
to disrupt Japanese rail and road communications ⓘ
to relieve Japanese pressure on Communist base areas ⓘ
opposingCommander Okamura Yasuji NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy Eighth Route Army ⓘ
partOf Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
precededBy earlier localized Communist guerrilla actions in North China ⓘ
railwayTargeted Jinghan Railway ⓘ
Tongpu Railway ⓘ
linked to: Zhengtai Railway

Zhengtai Railway ⓘ
result strategic Japanese countermeasures ⓘ
tactical Chinese Communist success ⓘ
scale involved more than 100 regiments ⓘ
startTime 1940-08 ⓘ
strategy large-scale coordinated guerrilla attacks ⓘ
sabotage of railways and bridges ⓘ
theaterOfWar North China theater ⓘ
linked to: North China
year 1940 ⓘ

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National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army → dateOfEngagement → 1940 (Hundred Regiments Offensive) ⓘ