Second Sino-japanese War

	caption	Map showing the extent of Japanese control in 1940
	date	7 July 1937 - 9 September 1945
	place	China
	casus	Marco Polo Bridge Incident
	territory	Retrocession of Manchuria and Taiwan , loss of Outer Mongolia
	result	Chinese Victory
	combatant1	National Revolutionary Army , Republic Of China <br>
	combatant2	Imperial Japanese Army , Empire Of Japan <br>
	commander1	Chiang Kai-shek , Yan Xishan , Feng Yuxiang , Zhu De , He Yingqin
	commander2	Tojo Hideki , Matsui Iwane , Minami Jiro , Kesago Nakajima , Toshizo Nishio , Neiji Okamura
	strength1	5,600,000 (including Chinese Communist forces)
	strength2	4,100,000 (including collaborators)
	casualties1	3,200,000 military, 17,530,000 civilians
	casualties2	1,100,000 military

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