Battle of West Suiyuan

Battle of West Suiyuan
	Part of Second Sino-Japanese War
	; Chinese 35th Army
Date	1940
Location	Suiyuan
Result	Chinese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan Mengjiang;
Commanders and leaders
Ma Hongkui; Ma Hongbin	Shigenori Kuroda
Strength
Thousands of Chinese Muslim and Han Chinese troops	Thousands of Japanese and Mengjiang troops

The Battle of West Suiyuan (simplified Chinese: 绥西战役; traditional Chinese: 綏西戰役; pinyin: Suíxī zhànyì) was part of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was fought from January – February 1940, as part of the Chinese 1939 Winter Offensive.

Battle[]

Chinese Generals Ma Hongkui and Ma Hongbin defended west Suiyuan, particularly Wuyuan in 1940 against the Japanese. Ma Hongbin commanded the 81st corps and sustained heavy casualties, but eventually repulsed the Japanese and defeated them.^[1]

Japan used poison gas against Chinese Muslim armies at the Battle of Wuyuan and Battle of West Suiyuan.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ George Barry O'Toole, Jên-yü Tsʻai, ed. (1941). The China monthly, Volumes 3-5. The China monthly incorporated. Retrieved 2010-06-28.(Original from the University of Michigan)
^ https://archive.today/20180604022546/http://www.360guoxue.com:8080/tushuguan/Uploads/Download/adf/ok%E5%9B%BE%E4%B9%A6/TXTEncryed/15/21215-32.txt. Archived from the original on 2018-06-04. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "国民革命军马鸿宾部队81军的绥西抗战！一段不该湮没的宁夏抗战史！". December 7, 1984. Archived from the original on 2018-04-28.

Coordinates: 40°48′38″N 111°39′07″E / 40.8106°N 111.652°E / 40.8106; 111.652

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[1] George Barry O'Toole, Jên-yü Tsʻai, ed. (1941). The China monthly, Volumes 3-5. The China monthly incorporated. Retrieved 2010-06-28.(Original from the University of Michigan)

[2] ttps://archive.today/20180604022546/http://www.360guoxue.com:8080/tushuguan/Uploads/Download/adf/ok%E5%9B%BE%E4%B9%A6/TXTEncryed/15/21215-32.txt. Archived from the original on 2018-06-04. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] "国民革命军马鸿宾部队81军的绥西抗战！一段不该湮没的宁夏抗战史！". December 7, 1984. Archived from the original on 2018-04-28.

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