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Second Sino-Japanese War - The Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign

Time: Friday May 15, 1942

Place: Zhejiang, China - Jiangxi, China

Details: After the Doolittle Raid, the Imperial Japanese Army conducted a massive sweep through Zhejiang and Jiangxi of China, now known as the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, with the goal of finding the surviving American airmen, applying retribution on the Chinese who aided them and destroying air bases. The operation started May 15, 1942, with 40 infantry battalions and 15–16 artillery battalions but was repelled by Chinese forces in September.

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