Far Eastern battles

Far Eastern battles

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	Battle of Hulao	621		0621
	Yellow River	1226	Mongol V. Tangut	1226
	Yingtian	1360		1360
	Tumu Fortress	1449		1449
	Battle of Sarhu	1619	Series of battles between the Manchus and Ming on March 1619, which ended in the overwhelming victory of the Manchus, despite their being ten thousand while the Ming armies with Yehe and Korean reinforcements were one hundred thousand.	1619
	Shenhaiguan Pass	1644	Qing [Manchus] bt Ming	1644
	Taku Forts	1859-1860	British/French V. Chinese	1859
	Tzeki	20 Aug 1862	Civil War – Taiping rebellion?	1862
	Son-Tai	14-16 Dec 1883	Chinese V. French	1883
	Battle of Pingxingguan	1937	An engagement fought between the 8th Route Army of the Chinese Communist Party and the Imperial Japanese Army on September 25, 1937. It resulted in a minor, morale-boosting victory in which 8th Route Army was able to capture a cache of weapons and annihilate a Japanese brigade.	1937
	Battle of Taierzhuang / Taierchwang	Evening of March 24 1938¹ - April 7, 1938	Taierzhuang is located on the eastern bank of the Grand Canal of China . The battle involved a Japanese plan to conquer Xuzhou, a major city in the East. Li Tsung-jen planned to encircle the Japanese in the town of Tai'erzhuang. The Japanese attacked frontally but failed to consider Chinese numbers. A major encirclement preceded a major Japanese retreat. The Chinese failed to pursue. This was the first Kuomintang victory in the war; the battle proved the fallibility of the Japanese.	1938
	Hengyang	May 27th - Aug 10th, 1944	Japanese V. Chinese	1944
	Szepingkai	Apr-May 1946	Chinese Nationalist V. Communist	1946
	Sungari River	Jan-Mar 1947	Chinese Nationalist V. Communist	1947
	Tsinan	14-23 Sep 1948	Chinese Nationalist V. Communist	1948
Anhui	Battle of Fei River or "Feishui"	383AD	This famed battle saw Fu Jiangsu of the former Qin Empire decisively defeated near the Yangtze by Xie An’s numerically inferior army of Eastern Jin. The Fei River no longer exists, but is believed to have flowed through modern Lu'an, Anhui, near the Huai River.	0383
Burma / Myanmar	Ngasaunggyan	1277	Mongols dismounted & disrupted Burmese elephants with bowfire, before charging in, routing their infantry, and capturing their capital city of Pagan.	1277
Burma / Myanmar	Kamarut	8 Jul 1824	British V. Burmese	1824
Burma / Myanmar	Kemendine	10 Jun 1824	British V. Burmese	1824
Burma / Myanmar	Kokein	12 Dec 1824	British V. Burmese	1824
Burma / Myanmar	Donabew	7-25 Mar 1825	British V. Burmese	1825
Burma / Myanmar	Watigaon	15 Nov 1825	Burmese V. British/Indian	1825
Burma / Myanmar	Pagahar	18 Feb 1825	British V. Burmese	1825
Burma / Myanmar	Prome	28 Mar - 2 Apr 1942	British V. Japanese	1942
Burma / Myanmar	Mandalay	1944	Involved Wingate’s Chindits et al.	1944
Burma / Myanmar	Imphal-Kohima	Mar 7th - July 5th, 1944	British/Indian V. Japanese/Indian Nats.	1944
Cambodia	US & Vietnamese Incursions; Khmer Rouge insurgency	197x		197x
China, all			Chronology Of Chinese Siege Warfare China History Forum Chinese history at Chinaknowledge For map of current Chinese provinces, click here Chronology of Chinese History and Culture - 7000 B.C. to A.D. 2004 has useful dynasty maps In Appendix B here is a relief map of China identifying physical regions A very extensive list of Chinese battles is being translated from Chinese to English here at China History Forum
China, all	Battles Of China at Wikipedia
China, all	Chinese History
China, all	Chinese rebellions		An Shi Rebellion ; Autumn Harvest Uprising; Boxer Rebellion; Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising ; Chen Youliang ; Chimei; Fang La ; Five Pecks of Rice Rebellion ; Guangzhou Uprising ; Huang Chao ; Huanghuagang Uprising; Jintian Uprising ; Li Zicheng ; Lülin; Ming Yuzhen ; Muslim Rebellion ; Nanchang Uprising ; Nien Rebellion ; Panthay Rebellion ; Rebellion of the Seven States ; Red Turban Rebellion ; Revolt of the Three Feudatories ; Taiping Rebellion ; Tungchow Mutiny ; War of the Eight Princes ; White Lotus Rebellion ; Wu Sangui ; Wuchang Uprising; Xu Shouhui; Yellow Turban Rebellion; Zhang Jianzhi rebellion; Zhang Xianzhong rebellion.
China, all	Wars of the Three Kingdoms [Wei, Wu & Shu]	184 – 280AD	Battles of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Sishui Pass – Hulao Pass – Jieqiao – Guandu – Changban – Red Cliffs – Tong Gate – Hefei – Mount Dingjun – Fancheng – Xiaoting – Southern Campaign – Northern Expeditions (Jieting) – Shiting – Wu Zhang Plains	0184
China, all	The Taiping Rebellion	1851 – 64	Battles of Jintian – 1st Nanking – Sanhe – Cixi – 2nd and 3^rd Nanking. The Taiping Heavenly Army was composed of Hakkas and other ethnic minorities of a reborn Christian sect, and had a high level of discipline and fanaticism. They typically wore a uniform of red jackets with blue trousers and grew their hair long — in Chinese they were known as Chángmáo (長毛, meaning "long hair"). Large numbers of women served. There was little artillery. The third battle of Nanjing incurred 100,000 casualties.	1851
China, all	Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)	1937 - 45	ENGAGEMENTS OF THE WAR OF RESISTANCE: - - Suiyuan - Marco Polo Bridge - Beiping-Tianjin - Chahar - Shanghai (1937) - (Sihang Warehouse) - Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation - Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation - Taiyuan - (Pingxingguan) - Xinkou - Nanjing - Xuzhou- Taierzhuang - N.-E.Henan - (Lanfeng) - Wuhan [Hangkow] - (Xiushui River) - Nanchang - Suixian-Zaoyang - 1st Changsha - S.Guangxi- (Kunlun Pass) - Winter Offensive - Zaoyang-Yichang - Hundred Regiments - S.Henan - Shanggao - S.Shanxi - 2nd Changsha - 3rd Changsha - Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road- ZheJiangsug-Jiangsugxi - W.Hubei - Changde - C.Henan - 4th Changsha - Guilin-Liuzhou - W.Henan-N.Hubei - W.Hunan- Second Guangxi Campaign	1937 - 45
China, all	Chinese Civil War	1927 – 1950	Chinese Nationalist V. Communist	1927
China, all	Military reforms	307 BC	307 BC Wuling Of Zhou Reformed His Army. Up To That Time Zhao Commanders Riding On Horseback Still Wore Robes And Normal Court Attire. Wuling Ordered The Whole Army To Wear The Nomad Attire Of Trousers, Belt, Boots, Fur Caps And Fur Clothes. He Created A Cavalry Division In The Army And Trained Them Not Only To Charge, But In Horse Archery As Well. This Appears To Be The First Appearance Of Cavalry In The Chinese armies.	0307	.BC
Gansu	Pi	771bc	On The Wei river	0771	.BC
Guangdong / Kwantung	Battle of Yamen	March 19 1279	In a riverboat battle, Zhang Hongfan of the Yuan Dynasty annihilated the last fleet of the Southern Song Dynasty at Yamen, (Xinhui County). A high official Lu Xiufu is said to have taken the boy Song Emperor (Song Di Bing) in his arms and jumped from a clifftop into the sea, drowning both of them. Zhang Shijie, commander of the Song fleet, escaped from the scene but was later drowned in a storm.	1279
Guangdong / Kwantung	Opium Wars
Guangdong / Kwantung	Hong Kong	8-25 Dec 1941	British V. Japanese	1941
Guangxi	Jintian / Guiping	1851	The Jintian Uprising (金田起義) occurred on January 11, 1851, during the late Qing Dynasty of China, in what is now Guiping City in eastern Guangxi province. A ten-thousand-strong rebel army led by Hong Xiuquan routed Imperial troops at the town of Jintian. This marked the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion	1851
Hebei	Battle of Xiangyang	1268-1273	Six years of skirmishes, assaults and siege of the twin fortified cities of Fancheng and Xiangyang. The use of the Mongolian cavalry was restricted by woody terrain and numerous fortified outposts of the Southern Song Dynasty. Firearms and cannon were employed in the siege of Fancheng. When relieving Chinese forces from Sichuan and Yuezhou were defeated, Lü Wenhuan surrendered Fancheng to Kublai Khan.	1268-1273
Hebei	Battle of Jieqiao [Jie Bridge]	191 AD	At the Jie Bridge in Guangzong county, the warlord Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan. Yuan 's 40,000 infantry repulsed a charge of 10,000 cavalry under rival warlord Gongsun Zan, who also had 30,000 foot.	0191
Hebei	Peking	1210-1214	Tartar V. Chinese	1210
Hebei	Peking	Apr 1644	Chinese Civil War	1644
Hebei	Peking	20 Jun - 14 Aug 1900	Chinese Boxers V. Western Allies	1900
Hebei	Peking	1901	Boxer rising	1901
Hebei	Operation Nekka	1933	Japanese Assault From Manchuria On The Great Wall	1933
Hebei	Rehe	1933	“*Chengde's older name of Rehe* came from the local river, Rehe or "热河", which translates to the English as "warm river." It was so named because it did not freeze in the winter, and is also known as the shortest river in the world”**	1933
Hebei	Hundred Regiments Offensive	August 20, 1940 - December 5, 1940	A major campaign of the Communist Party of China's Red Army commanded by Peng Dehuai against the Imperial Japanese Army in Central China.	1940
Hebei	Yingdu 郢都 (modern Jiangling 江陵)	506bc	Following the battle of Boju, King Zhaowang of Chu [Zhou] sought help in Qin. This western state sent out chariots that expelled the Wu invaders from Chu.	0506	.BC
Hebei	Battle of Jingxing	205 BC	Famed Chinese commander Han Xin, with an army of 30,000 levies, defeated a numerically larger army of Zhao near Jingxing (Jing Gorge), a narrow and dangerous defile in modern Hebei province	0205	.BC
Hebei	Battle of Julu	207BC	Chu, led by Xiang Yu lost to Han, led by Liu Bang. The Han Dynasty followed.	0207	.BC
Hebei	Banquan (now Huailai County).	c. 2100 BC	“After defeating Chiyou, the Yan tribe, with a view to obtaining hegemony, began a full-scale war against the Huang tribe. The Yan, however, failed and finally yielded to the Huang tribe”	2100	.BC
Hebei	Zhuolu (涿鹿之战),	c. 2100 BC	Decisive battle fought between the Yellow Emperor Huangdi and Chiyou (蚩尤), leader of the "9 Li" or "Jiu Li" tribe (九黎部落), part of the "Dong Yi" tribal-alliance (东夷集团). Ci-you's army was better equipped, so the Yellow Emperor took up a defensive position at the start of the conflict. Ci-you took advantage of thick fog to confuse the Yellow Emperor's troops. The Yellow Emperor solved this by inventing a “south-pointing chariot” to locate the enemy position.	2100	.BC
Henan	Ju-ning / Ts’ai - chou	1234	Mongol invasion	1234
Henan	Battle of Guandu	200 AD	A crucial victory at the Yellow River for the rebel Cao Cao (pronounced "Tsao Tsao") in which he destroyed Yuan Shao's supplies and his superior army, and killed him. This resulted in Cao Cao becoming the military ruler of northern China.	0200
Henan	Kaifeng	19 Aug 1948	Chinese Nationalist V. Communist	1948
Henan		597bc	Battle Shown In The Small Kingdom Of Cheng	0597	,BC
Henan	Yanling (鄢陵之戰)	575 BC	Fought between the armies of Chu and Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period. The Zhou [Chu]army was in poor condition. The Jin successfully attacked the flanks of the Zhou [Chu]knowing that the best Zhou [Chu]troops were in the centre.	0575	.BC
Henan	Bi 邲 (near modern Zhengzhou 鄭州)or Pi	595bc	Fought in 595 BC, between the armies of Chu and Jin. The Jin chariots came out to rescue two of their skirmish units and the Zhou [Chu]charged them. The Zhou [Chu]outflanked and defeated the Jin. At the battle of the army of the former hegemonial state of Jin was defeated	0595	.BC
Henan	Chengpu	632bc	In Chenliu County, Henan or the southwest of Juan County, Shandong. Xu Chen armoured his Jin chariot horses with tiger skins and launched an urgent, vigorous assault on the Zhou [Chu]right wing. The attack was rapidly successful, scattering the enemy wing completely. Meanwhile Hu Mao's Jin right wing had skirmished with the enemy, faked a retreat and carried with them the great banner of the Jin commander-in-chief. Ziyu ordered a pursuit. A contingent of chariots under Luan Zhi swept in front and dragged tree branches, raising a dust fog to obscure the movements of Hu Mao's men who were circling and reforming. Though the Jin centre was temporarily disordered by an intense whirlwind, it was effective in preventing the Zhou [Chu]centre from supporting the wings. As the Zhou [Chu]left advanced, it was caught in the flank by Duke Wen's bodyguards, composed of the sons of noble clansmen. Meanwhile the Jin right wing completed its recircling and Luan Zhi's chariots joined in a new assault, this time pressed home. The Zhou [Chu]left was completely destroyed. Seeing both his wings enveloped, Ziyu ordered a general retreat.	0632	.BC
Henan	Gualiling	341 BC		0341	.BC
Henan	GuìLíng (桂陵之戰)	353 BC	Fought between the states of Qí and Wèi in the Warring States period of Chinese history. An army from Wèi was laying siege to HánDān city, the capital of State of Zhào. Zhào turned to Qí for help. Judging that the best Wèi troops were besieging HánDān, Sūn Bìn led his army directly to the Wèi capital, DàLiáng. Wèi general Páng Juān was forced to return to DàLiáng. He was intercepted and defeated at GuìLíng.	0353	.BC
Hubei	Battle of Red Cliffs	208AD, Winter	During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, a Decisive Wu and Shu victory over Wei. Commanders: Cao Cao, Zhou Yu, Liu Bei, Huang Gai. The Northern dynasty improvised a fleet of 220,000 men to fight 50,000 Southerners on the Yangtze river, but were beaten. Location is in doubt, but traditionally at Chibi, north of Wulin, nr Jiangling	0208
Hubei	Battle of Changban	208AD	A battle nr Danyang between Liu Bei, who latter found the Kingdom of Shu, and Cao Cao, the ruler of northern China. Liu Bei lost the battle but the pursuing horse were delayed when champion Zhang Fei broke the bridge of Chang Ban and made his famous yell "I am Zhang Fei. Which one wants to fight me to death?!" Liu Bei was able to escape.	0208
Hubei	Battle of Yiling / Jiling / Xiaoting / Jiangsugling	222AD	Liu Bei besieged Lu Xun. Heat waves plagued Liu Bei's men, and he had to move his entire army into the tinder dry forest for shade. Saboteurs then set the entire siege camp on fire. As Liu Bei's men rushed for water, Wu archers shot them down. A rockslide at Ma'an Hills dealt the final blow. Liu Bei narrowly escaped with his life to Baidicheng (White Emperor City) with less than a thousand men.	0222
Hubei	Baiju / Boju 柏舉 [modern Macheng]	506bc	Wu defeated Chu and advanced to the capital.	0506	.BC
Hunan	Battle of Changsha	September 17, 1939 - October 6, 1939	Japanese set out to capture Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan. The Japanese 101st and 106th Divisions were deployed on the western bank of the Gan River in northern Jiangsugxi, and the 5th, 3rd, 13th, and 33rd Divisions marched southward from southern Hubei to northern Hunan.	1939
Hunan	Battle of Changsha	September 6, 1941 - October 8, 1941	Japan's second attempt in taking the city of Changsha. The offensive was carried out by more than 120,000 Japanese troops, including naval forces. Under the command of General Xue Yue, the ninth army group of China conducted street battles in Changsha city. Ten Chinese armies eventually reached Changsha, retaking the city. The Japanese suffered over 10,000 deaths and retreated.	1941
Hunan	Battle of Changsha	December 24, 1941 - January 15, 1942	The offensive with carried out with 120,000 soldiers under 4 divisions. Under the command of Xue Yue, the Kuomintang army responded with 300,000 men. The Japanese army was encircled and had to retreat, thus failing to take Changsha	1942
Hunan	Battle of Changsha	1944	Also known as the Battle of Hengyang or Battle of Hengyang-Changsha, this was an invasion of Hunan, encompassing three separate conflicts: an invasion of the city of Changsha and two invasions of Hengyang.	1944
Jiangsu	Nanjing / Nanking		“Over history, Nanjing had other names like Moling, Stone City, Jianye, Jiankang, Baixia, Shangyuan, Shenzhou, Jiangning, Jiqing, Yingtian and Tianjing”
Jiangsu	Nanjing / Nanking	1356	Mongol V. Chinese Rebels	1356
Jiangsu	Shanghai expedition	1932	In January 1932, five Japanese monks, started singing Japanese patriotic songs in a Chinese factory in Shanghai to celebrate Japan's successes in taking over Manchuria the northeast of the Chinese capital. This provoked a riot during which one of the monks was lynched. In reprisal, the Japanese landed 1,200 marines and ordered the Chinese Nationalist garrison commander, General Cai Tingkai, to withdraw his Nineteenth Route Army. He refused, and for 34 days the Chinese resisted bravely and only retreated when the Japanese brought in an extra 55,000 reinforcements.	1932
Jiangsu	Battle of Shanghai	1937	The Japanese landed at Shanghai but were held up by bloody street fighting and succeeded only by outflanking the city.	1937
Jiangsu	Nanjing / Nanking	13 Dec 1937	Chinese V. Japanese	1937
Jiangsu	Hwai-Hai	Nov 1948 - Jan 1949	Chinese Nationalist V. Communist	1948
Jiangsu	Nanjing / Nanking	22 Apr 1949	Chinese Nationalist V. Communist	1949
Jiangsu	Fujiao 夫椒 (modern Suzhou 蘇州).	494bc	King Fucha 夫差 of Wu 吳 (r. 495-473) defeated Yue	0494	.BC
Jiangxi	Lake Poyang	1363	the cannon-armed riverboat fleets of Zhu and Yuan met on the middle Yangtze river. The large 3 decker Yuan boats were defeated by the smaller and more manouevreable Zhu fleet.	1363
Jiangxi	Jingangshan	1920s	The Communists commenced their insurrection from this village	1925
Korea	Battles of Korea		• Battle of Baekgang • Battle of Chingshanli • Battle of Hwangsanbeol • Battle of Salsu • Siege of Pyongyang (1592)
Korea	Chungju	1592	Japanese v Koreans south Of Seoul	1592
Korea	Chonju	1592	Japanese v Koreans in Western Korea	1592
Korea	Urosan	Aug 1595	Japanese V. Chinese/Korean	1595
Korea	Pyongyang	16 Sep 1894	Chinese V. Japanese	1894
Korea	Yalu River (1)	17 Sep 1894	Chinese V. Japanese Riverboat battle	1894
Korea	Yalu River (2)	1 May 1904	Russian V. Japanese	1904
Korea	Inchon	13-28 Sep 1950	United Nations V. Communist	1950
Korea	Pusan	Aug-Sep 1950	North Korean V. South Korean/Us/British	1950
Korea	Battle of Chosin Reservoir	1950	Large numbers of Chinese soldiers swept across the Yalu river encircling the UN troops at the Chosin Resevoir. What followed was a brutal battle in freezing weather. Ultimately, it resulted in a pyrrhic victory	1950
Korea	Hook	1951-53	British V. Chinese/North Korean	1951
Korea	Gloucester Hill	22-25 Apr 1951	British V. Chinese	1951
Korea	Kapyong	Apr 23-24, 1951	Anzac/British/Canadian/Us V. North Korean/Chinese	1951
Korea		2006	North Korea successfully tests a nuclear device several times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. The state already has medium range missiles thought capable of hitting Japan.	2006
Laos	Xiengkhouang	20 Apr 1953	Vietminh/Laotian Rebels V. French	1953
Malaysia	Malaysia emergency	195x	Chinese – inspired jungle insurgency against British rule was stamped out	195x
Malaysia	Singapore	Feb 1942	British/Indian/Australian V. Japanese	1942
Manchuria	Ningyuan	1626	10,000 Ming troops with cannon defended Ningyuan near Mukden against Kundulun Khan Nurhaci with a force of 130,000 (some say 200,000) troops of the Later Jin Kingdom. Nurhaci himself was wounded by Cannon fire and Yuan chong huan inflicted further losses in pursuing the Jin away from the town.	1626
Manchuria	Albazin	1685 – 6	Chinese Fought Russians On The Amur river	1685
Manchuria	Port Arthur (1)	21 Nov 1894	Chinese V. Japanese	1894
Manchuria	Kaiping	10 Jan 1895	Japanese V. Chinese	1895
Manchuria	Tel-Li-Ssu	14-15 Jun 1904	Russian V. Japanese	1904
Manchuria	Chong-Ju	Apr 1904	Russian V. Japanese	1904
Manchuria	Shaho River	Oct-Nov 1904	Russian V. Japanese	1904
Manchuria	Kiu-Lien-Cheng	1 May 1904	Russian V. Japanese	1904
Manchuria	Port Arthur (2)	8 Feb - 2 May 1904	Russian V. Japanese	1904
Manchuria	Nanshan Hill	26 May 1904	Japanese V. Russian	1904
Manchuria	Mukden (1)	21 Feb - 10 Mar 1905	Japanese V. Russian	1905
Manchuria	Marco Polo Bridge Incident	1937	The Marco Polo Bridge Incident was a battle between Japan's Imperial Army and China's National Revolutionary Army, marking the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). The marble bridge itself (Luguoqiao) is a great work of eleven arches, restored by the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722).	1937
Manchuria	Mukden (2)	Dec 1947 - 1 Nov 1948	Chinese Nationalist V. Communist	1947
Manchuria	Zhenbao [Treasure Island]	1969	Chinese Fought Russians On The Amur river	1969
Mongolia	Jao Modo	1696	Chinese bt Zhungars with artillery	1696
Mongolia, Inner	Khalkhin-Gol (Nomonhan)	1939	From May 1939, the IJA, augmented by local Manchukuo elements, fought an escalating war with the Russians under Georgi Zhukov 125 miles south of Hailern. By 31st August, owing to superior tank guns, camouflage skills, an extreme lapse in Japanese Intelligence, and incompetent Japanese leadership, 45,000 of 60,000 Japanese were killed. The battle convinced the Japanese that they couldn't expand into Siberia and would need to head for the Pacific for their raw materials.	1939
Shandong	Tsingtao	Sep-Nov 1914	British/Japanese V. German	1914
Shandong	near Ch’eng	1639bc	Shang dynasty expanded its territory eastwards to the Yellow Sea	1639	.BC
Shandong	An 鞍 (modern Jinan 濟南)	589 bc	Jin beat Qi, and gained it as a tributary.	0589	.BC
Shandong	Maling	342 BC	Sun Bin of Qi retreated into his own territory. To mislead his enemy, Sun Bin of Qi ordered his soldiers to make fewer fires day by day, and to abandon some of their artillery, giving the impression of a confused retreat. He then turned, ambushed and decimated Pang’s pursuing horse with archery in a heavily wooded and narrow pass near Maling.	0342	.BC
Shanxi	Banquan	c 2550 BC	The armies of Youxiong, under the Yellow Emperor and the totems of the Bear (熊), the Brown Bear (羆), the Fox (貔), the Brave (貅), the Chū (貙), and the Tiger (虎); fought the Yan Emperor of Shennong. After three major engagements around Jiezhou town, Yuncheng county, the Shennong forces submitted to the Yellow Emperor to form the Huaxia nation.	2550	.BC
Shanxi	Battle of Changping	260 BC	Decisive victory of the state of Qin of China over Zhao In Shanxi province during the Warring States Period. The troops of Zhao were routed after being besieged for almost 2 months.	0260	.BC
Shanxi / Shansi?	Yanyu	268 BC	Battle of Yanyu (Qin versus Zhao) 268 BCE	0268	.BC
Taiwan	Fort Zelanda	1661-62	Dutch V. Chinese Pirates	1661
Thailand	Ceylonese punitive expedition.	10xx	The Ceylonese King, Parakramabathu, a trading rival of the Thais, advanced up the Irrawaddy in revenge for a kidnap. He reached the Thai capital.	10xx
Thailand	Nong Sa Rai	1593	Thai V. Burmese	1593
Thailand	Muslim uprising	2006	In South Thailand, north of the Malaysian border	2006
Vietnam	Border skirmishes with China	1986	1986 - Battle of Laoshan peak	1986
Vietnam	Bach Dang	938	Nr Haiphong	0938
Vietnam	Tot Dong	1426	West of Hanoi	1426
Vietnam	Dien Bien Phu	Mar-May 1954	French V. Viet Minh	1954
Vietnam	Nam Dong	6 Jul 1964	South Vietnamese/Nung/Us V. Vietcong	1964
Vietnam	Plei Me	19-28 Oct 1965	South Vietnamese/Us V. North Vietnamese/Vietcong	1965
Vietnam	Chu-Pong-Ia Drang River	14-20 Nov 1965	Us V. North Vietnamese	1965
Vietnam	Van Tuong Peninsula	30-31 Aug 1965	Us V. Vietcong	1965
Vietnam	Tou Morang	7-13 Jun 1966	North Vietnamese V. Us/South Vietnamese	1966
Vietnam	Hill 488	13-16 Jun 1966	Us V. North Vietnamese/Vietcong	1966
Vietnam	An Lao Valley	Jan-Feb 1966	Us/South Vietnamese V. Vietcong	1966
Vietnam	Tet Offensive	30 Jan 1968	Us/South Vietnamese V. Vietcong	1968
Yellow Sea	Dazaifu	1281	Chinese/Korean V. Japanese	1281
Yellow Sea	Tsushima Strait (1)	1419	Chinese/Korean V. Japanese	1419
Yellow Sea	Hansando	1592	Japanese v Koreans; naval battle off Hansan island	1592
Yellow Sea	Myonyang	1597	Naval battle off SW Korea	1597
Yellow Sea	Weihaiwei	4-12 Feb 1895	Chinese V. Japanese	1895
Yellow Sea	Che-Mul-Pho	8 Feb 1904	Japanese V. Russian	1904
Yellow Sea	“battle of the Yellow Sea”	10 Aug 1904	Russian V. Japanese	1904
Yellow Sea	Tsushima Strait (2)	27-28 May 1905	Russian V. Japanese	1905
Zhejiang	Zuili 檇李 (modern Jiaxing 嘉興/Zhejiang).	496bc	King Helü of Wu was killed fighting his southern neighbour Yue.	0496	.BC

Campaigns of the Second Sino-Japanese War 1937 - 1945

Shanghai Campaign (1937
750.000 Chinese and 250.000 Japanese involved.
Japanese occupied Shanghai.
Northern Shansi Campaign (1937)
280.000 Chinese and 200.000 Japanese involved.
Japanese occupied the Northern Shansi.
Hsuchow Campaign (1938)
450.000 Chinese and 250.000 Japanese involved
Japanese occupied Hsuchow.
Wuchang-Hankou Campaign (1938)
700.000 Chinese and 380.000 Japanese involved
Japanese occupied Wuchang and Hankou.
Nanchang Campaign (1939)
300.000 Chinese and 60.000 Japanese involved
Japanese occupied Nanchang.
Sui-Tsaoyang Campaign (1939)
220.000 Chinese and 110.000 Japanese involved
Japanese occupied Sui only.
First Changsha Campaign (1939)
180.000 Chinese and 90.000 Japanese involved.
Japanese failed to get Changsha.
Southern Kuangsi Campaign (1939-1940)
150.000 Chinese and 50.000 Japanese involved.
Japanese withdrew all their invasion troops in Kuangsi.
Tsaoyang-Yichang Campaign (1940)
Japanese occupied Yichang.
Southern Honan Campaign (1941)
Japanese failed.
Shangkao Campaign (1941)
Japanese failed to get Shangkao.
Southern Shansi Campaign (1941)
Japanese occupied the Southern Shansi.
Second Changsha Campaign (1941)
300.000 Chinese and 150.000 Japanese involved.
Japanese failed to get Changsha again.
Third Changsha Campaign (1941-1942)
260.000 Chinese and 170.000 Japanese involved
Japanese failed the third time.

Phase 2 (1942-1945)

(after the Allied Forces appointed Chiang Kai-Shek the Comander-in-chief of China war zone)

First Burma War (1942)
10.000 Chinese helped British Burma Corps to prevent the Japanese invasion from Southern Burma. Japanese occupied Northern Burma. Chinese and British retreated into British India and China.
Chekiang-Kiangsi Campaign (1942)
300.000 Chinese and 180.000 Japanese involved
Japanese destroyed several major airfields in the area.
Western Hupei Campaign (1943)
Japanese failed to enter Szechuan.
Changteh Campaign (1943)
Japanese failed to take over Changteh.
Second Burma War (1943-1945)
60.000 Chinese and thousands of Americans helped British to fight back northern Burma.
Central Honan Campaign (1944)
Japanese failed to enter Shaansi.
Changsha-Hengyang Campaign (1944)
Japanese successfully occupied Changsha and Hengyang.
First Kuangsi Campaign (1944)
Japanese occupied most Kuangsi province.
Honan-Hupei Border Campaign (1945)
Japanese failed.
Western Hunan Campaign (1945)
Japanese failed.
Second Kuangsi Campaign (1945)
Chinese recovered all the Kuangsi province.

Battle of Yuzhang (194); Battle of Gaundu (200); Battle of Chìbì (208); Battle of Wuzhang Plain (234)

Ancient China

26th Century BC - Battle of Banquan
26th Century BC - Battle of Zhuolu - The Yellow Emperor defeats Chi You and establishes the Han Chinese nationality.
1532 BC - Battle of Mingtiao
1057 BC – Battle of Muyu
1046 BC - Battle of Muye
632 BC - Battle of Chengpu - Duke Wen of Jin defeats the Chu commander Ziyu, in the biggest battle of the Spring and Autumn period.
595 BC - Battle of Bi
588 BC - Battle of An
575 BC - Battle of Yanling
506 BC - Battle of Boju
478 BC - Battle of Lize
353 BC - Battle of Guiling
342 BC - Battle of Maling
341 BC – Battle of Guailing
269 BC - Battle of Yanyu
260 BC - Battle of Changping

[edit] Imperial China

[edit] Chu-Han War (206-202 BC)

207 BC - Battle of Julu
205 BC - Battle of Jingxing
203 BC - Battle of Wei River
202 BC - Battle of Gaixia

[edit] Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

133 BC - Battle of Mayi
119 BC - Battle of Mobei
108 BC - Battle of Loulan
99 BC - Battle of Tien Shan
67 BC - Battle of Jushi
36 BC - Battle of Kang-Chu
36 BC - Battle of Zhizhi
24 - Battle of Kunyang
36 - Battle of Ch'eng-Tu
73 - Battle of Yiwulu
89 - Battle of Ikh Bayan

[edit] Three Kingdoms (220-280 AD)

190 - Battle of Xingyang
190 - Battle of Luyang
190 - Battle of Heyang Ford
190 - Battle of Yangren
190 - Battle of Jingzhou
191 - Battle of Luoyang
191 - Battle of Yangcheng
191 - Battle of Xiangyang
191 - Battle of Puyang
191 - Battle of Xuzhou
191 - Battle of Yizhou
191 - Battle of Dongguang
192 - Battle of Wuyang
192 - Battle of Yanzhou
192 - Battle of Jieqiao - Yuan Shao's infantry repulses a cavalry charge by rival warlord Gongsun Zan.
192 - Battle of Juma Shui
192 - Battle of Longzou
192 - Battle of Yangzhou
192 - Battle of Chang'an
193 - Battle of Fengqiu
193 - Battle of Pengcheng
193 - Battle of Youzhou
193 - Battle of Qingzhou
193 - Battle of Changshan
194 - Battle of Changguan
194 - Battle of Danyang
194 - Battle of Lujiang
195 - Battle of Dingtao
195 - Battle of Qu'e
195 - Battle of Shenting Range
195 - Battle of Yuzhang
195 - Battle of Chang'an
195 - Battle of Hongnong
195 - Battle of Dongjun
195 - Battle of Bao Hill
200 - Battle of Guandu - Cao Cao defeats Yuan Shao's numerically superior army and secures domination of the North China plain.
208 - Battle of Changban - Cao Cao's cavalry catches Liu Bei's forces and disperses his army.
208 - Battle of Red Cliffs - Cao Cao is defeated by the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, foreshadowing the triparte of the Three Kingdoms.
211 - Battle of Tong Gate
217 - Battle of Hefei
219 - Battle of Mount Dingjun
219 - Battle of Fancheng
221 - Battle of Hsien-Mei
222 - Battle of Yiling - Liu Bei's invasion o Wu is repulsed by Sun Quan's commander Lu Xun.
228 - Battle of Jieting

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229 - Siege of Ch'en-Ts'ang

[edit] Jin Dynasty (265-420)

383 - Battle of Fei River - Fu Jiān, King of Former Qin is defeated by the Chinese commander Xie An. The Nomads' Former Qin regime collapses shortly thereafter.