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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Zhang Zizhong

Battles of Zhang Zizhong

Chinese general and politician (1891-1940)

Zhang Zizhong is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1933 and 1940: 5 battles, all in present-day People's Republic of China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,441 km apart end to end, 360 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (4).

defense of the Great WallBattle of TaierzhuangBattle of XuzhouBattle of WuhanBattle of Zaoyang–Yichangdefense of the Great WallBattle of TaierzhuangBattle of XuzhouBattle of WuhanBattle of Zaoyang–YichangSeoulChengduTianjinChongqingXianNanjingPyongyangZiboHangzhouTaiyuan500 km35.499N, 115.241E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1933: 1 engagements1938: 3 engagements3 in 19381940: 1 engagements19331940
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

defense of the Great Wall, 1933Battle of Taierzhuang, 1938Battle of Xuzhou, 1938Battle of Wuhan, 1938Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang, 194019331940
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1933defense of the Great WallPeople's Republic of ChinaJapanese-Manchukuo victory; Tanggu Truce
24 March 1938Battle of TaierzhuangTai'erzhuang District, China661 km SChinese victory
24 March 1938Battle of XuzhouXuzhou, People's Republic of China61 km SWJapanese victory
27 October 1938Battle of WuhanWuhan, People's Republic of China493 km SWJapanese victory
1 May 1940Battle of Zaoyang–YichangZaoyang City, China225 km NWJapanese victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, ROC Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.