Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan

During the Second Sino-Japanese War the First Army (Japan), Japanese 1st Army under Lt. General Kiyoshi Katsuki drove the Chinese forces of General Cheng Qian's 1st War Area out of Northern and Eastern Honan until they were stopped by the disastrous 1938 Yellow River flood caused by the diversion of the Yellow River by the Chinese Army into the Chia-lu River, Chia-lu and Huai Rivers.

Order of battle

Further reading

*Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing, pp. 230–235. Map 9-2.

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Battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Northern and Eastern Honan 1938
Conflicts in 1938, Northern and Eastern Henan
1938 in China
1938 in Japan
Military history of Henan