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Battle of Pingxingguan

Battle of Pingxingguan was a battle fought on 24 September 1937 at Pingxing Pass, in what is now People's Republic of China; it lasted 1 day. It was part of Second Sino-Japanese War, which ran from 1937 to 1945. The recorded result: Japanese victory.

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Chinese soldiers of the Eighth Route Army firing a Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun at an ambush against Japanese troops in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
Chinese soldiers of the Eighth Route Army firing a Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun at an ambush against Japanese troops in the Battle of Pingxingguan.. Sohu at Chinese Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought24 September 1937lasted 1 day
WherePingxing Pass, People's Republic of China39.346N, 113.960E
OutcomeJapanese victory
Belligerents23px Chinese Communist PartyagainstEmpire of Japan
Part ofSecond Sino-Japanese War1937 to 1945

Where it sits in Second Sino-Japanese War

Defense of Harbin, 1932Battle of Wenzaobang, 1932Battle of Nanking, 1937Siege of Shanghai, 1937Battle of Luodian, 1937Marco Polo Bridge incident, 1937Battle of Beiping–Tianjin, 1937Battle of Zhangjiakou, 1937Battle of Nankou, 1937Battle of Shanghai, 1937Battle of Wusong, 1937Battle of Taiyuan, 1937Battle of Datong, 1937Battle of Jining, 1937Battle of Xinkou, 1937Battle of Pingxingguan, 1937Defense of Sihang Warehouse, 1937Battle of Jinshanwei, 1937Defense of Linyi, 1938Siege of Xuzhou, 1938Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan, 1938Defense of Teng County, 1938Battle of Taierzhuang, 1938Battle of Xuzhou, 1938Battle of Wuhan, 1938Battle of Changsha, 1939Battle of Nanchang, 1939Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang, 1939Battle of South Guangxi, 1939Battle of Baotou, 1939Battle of Kunlun Pass, 1939Battle of West Suiyuan, 1940Battle of Wuyuan, 1940Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang, 1940Hundred Regiments Offensive, 1940Battle of South Henan, 1941Battle of Shanggao, 1941Battle of South Shanxi, 1941Battle of Changsha, 1941Battle of Changsha, 1942Battle of Tachiao, 1942Battle of Oktwin, 1942Battle of Toungoo, 1942Battle of Yenangyaung, 1942Battle of Lashio, 1942Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road, 1942Battle of West Hubei, 1943Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan, 1943Battle of Changde, 1943Battle of Dushan, 1944Battle of Central Henan, 1944Operation Ichi-Go, 1944Battle of Changsha, 1944Defense of Hengyang, 1944Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou, 1944Battle of West Hunan, 194519321945Battle of Pingxingguan, 1937
58 placed engagements of Second Sino-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date24 September 1937
to 25 September 1937
PlacePingxing Pass, People's Republic of China
39.346N, 113.960E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Territorial changeJapanese occupation of Pingxingguan
StrengthNationalist troops: 158,307 troops.; Communists troops: 6,000 troops of the 115th Division5th Division (15,000 troops) of the Imperial Japanese Army and the 2nd and 9th Independent Mixed Brigades of the Kwantung Army; Pingxingguan ambush: certain supply troops and the 3rd Battalion of the 21st Regiment of the 5th Division
Casualties and lossesNationalist troops: 39,402 casualties; 115th division in the Pingxingguan ambush: ~400 casualtiesChinese claim: Chinese Nationalists claim: 2,952 casualties; Chinese Communists claims: Initial Chinese report: 1,000 casualties; Postwar Chinese study: 400–500 casualties; Japanese records: 527 killed, 961 wounded, 18 missing; In the Pingxingguan ambush: 165 killed, 75 wounded
Commanders
Battle of PingxingguanBattle of PingxingguanBattle of MayiTumu CrisisBattle of MayiTumu CrisisDatongBaodingXinzhouDingzhouFengzhenZhuozhou100 km39.346N, 113.960E
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Battle of Pingxingguan is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 339 in present-day People's Republic of China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q709396, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pingxingguan, revision 1370586107, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.