Hundred Regiments Offensive

The Hundred Regiments Offensive also known as the Hundred Regiments Campaign (Chinese: 百團大戰) (20 August – 5 December 1940) was a major campaign of the Chinese Communist Party's National Revolutionary Army divisions. It was commanded by Peng Dehuai against the Imperial Japanese Army in Central China. The battle had long been the focus of propaganda in the history of Chinese Communist Party but had become Peng Dehuai's "crime" during the Cultural Revolution. Certain issues regarding its launching and consequences are still controversial.

For the film, see Hundred Regiments Offensive (film).
Hundred Regiments Offensive
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Victorious Chinese Communist soldiers holding the flag of the Republic of China.
Date (1940-08-20) (1940-12-05)August 20 – December 5, 1940
(3 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location
North China
37.4500°N 116.3000°E / 37.4500; 116.3000
Result Chinese victory
Belligerents

 Republic of China

 Empire of Japan

Commanders and leaders
Peng Dehuai
Zhu De
Zuo Quan
Liu Bocheng
He Long
Nie Rongzhen
Deng Xiaoping		 Hayao Tada
Units involved
8th Route Army North China Area Army
Collaborationist Chinese Army
Strength
200,000 270,000 Japanese troops
150,000 Chinese collaborators
Casualties and losses
22,000–100,000 (counting desertions)
Chinese figure (8th Route Army only): 17,000 casualties and more than 20,000 poisoned

Several record from different sources: 1. Chinese Communist has two records: the first one is 12,645 killed and wounded, 281 POW. The second record: 20,645 Japanese and 5,155 Chinese collaborators killed and wounded, 281 Japanese and 18,407 Chinese collaborators captured
2. Japanese military record: No figure about total casualties, 276 KIAs from 4th Independent Mixed Brigade. 133 KIA and 31 MIA from 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade.
3. Western sources: 20,900 Japanese casualties and about 20,000 collaborator casualties

4. Peng's estimate: 30,000 Japanese and collaborators
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