China on Thursday released archives of an important battle against the Japanese army in 1939 which engaged more than 100,000 Japanese soldiers and 240,000 Chinese.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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On Sept. 14 1939, a Japanese troop of more than 100,000 launched an offensive in Changsha in central China's Hunan Province.
The Chinese side assembled a troop of about 240,000 and held the defense line for about a month until the Japanese army retreated to their original base in mid-October.
The Changsha Battle, important in the zone mainly held by the Kuomintang army, exposed the Japanese army's weakness in large-scale offensives and greatly raised the morale of the Chinese army and people.
China has officially set Sept. 3 as Victory Day to mark Japan's surrender on Sept. 2, 1945.