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| rdfs:comment | - The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19, 1944, Hengyang became their next target. The reorganized 11th Army, consisting of 10 divisions, 4 brigades, and over 100,000 men, assumed the task of attacking Hengyang. On June 22, Japanese 68th and 116th divisions received their orders to attack the city, which started the 48 days of siege and defense.
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| Partof | - the Second Sino-Japanese War of World War II
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| Commander | - Fang Xianjue
- Isamu Yokoyama
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| Caption | - Chinese soldiers open fire with a captured Japanese machine gun
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| Casualties | - 2900
- 3100
- 4700
- 9400
- Chinese estimate: 48,000 killed and wounded
- Japanese claim: 19,000 killed and wounded
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| Result | - Japanese captured Hengyang
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| combatant | - Imperial Japanese Army
- National Revolutionary Army
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| abstract | - The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19, 1944, Hengyang became their next target. The reorganized 11th Army, consisting of 10 divisions, 4 brigades, and over 100,000 men, assumed the task of attacking Hengyang. The city was an important railroad junction and Hengyang Airport was used by USAAC General Claire Lee Chennault's Flying Tigers which were engaged in bombing operations of the Japanese homeland. Therefore, Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama(杉山 元), chief of imperial staff and war minister, ordered the city must be taken at all costs. On June 22, Japanese 68th and 116th divisions received their orders to attack the city, which started the 48 days of siege and defense.
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