The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19th, 1944, Hengyang became their next target. The reorganized 11th Army, consisting of 10 divisions, 4 brigades, and over 100,000 men, assumed the task of attacking Hengyang.

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  • 1944-06-22 (xsd:date)
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  • *7,600 killed *7,400 wounded *2,000 surrendered
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  • Imperial Japanese Army
  • National Revolutionary Army
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  • Japanese pyrrhic victory, heroic Chinese failure
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  • 10th corps, 17,000 men
  • 11th army, 100,000 men
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  • *7,600 killed *7,400 wounded *2,000 surrendered
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  • Imperial Japanese Army
  • National Revolutionary Army
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  • 1944-06-22 (xsd:date)
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  • Japanese pyrrhic victory, heroic Chinese failure
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  • 10th corps, 17,000 men
  • 11th army, 100,000 men
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  • The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19th, 1944, Hengyang became their next target. The reorganized 11th Army, consisting of 10 divisions, 4 brigades, and over 100,000 men, assumed the task of attacking Hengyang. The city was an important railroad junction and had several airports used by USAAC one-star Brigadier General Claire Lee Chennault's Flying Tigers which were engaged in bombing operations of the Japanese homeland. Therefore, Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama(杉山 元), chief of imperial staff and war minister, ordered the city must be taken at all costs. On June 22nd, Japanese 68th and 116th divisions received their orders to attack the city; 48 days of the city's heroic defense had begun.
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  • 29,000 killed or wounded
  • 7,600 killed 7,400 wounded 2,000 surrendered
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  • Defense of Hengyang
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  • June 22, 1944-August 8th, 1944
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  • Hengyang, Hunan province
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  • Japanese pyrrhic victory, heroic Chinese failure
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  • 10th corps, 17,000 men
  • 11th army, 100,000 men
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  • Japanese captured the city
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  • The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19th, 1944, Hengyang became their next target. The reorganized 11th Army, consisting of 10 divisions, 4 brigades, and over 100,000 men, assumed the task of attacking Hengyang.
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  • Defense of Hengyang
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  • Defense of Hengyang
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