Introduction: In the 14-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups throughout the country fought tenaciously and unyieldingly against the invading Japanese Kou, and our heroes sacrificed one after another, composing countless heroic stories with blood. In the 14 years of fighting, especially in the eight years of the all-out War of Resistance, China organized many large-scale battles against Japan, inflicted heavy damage on the enemy, and shattered the arrogant dream of the Japanese army to fight quickly and make a quick decision. So, of the many battles against Japan, which one can be called "Stalingrad"? Or has there ever been such a battle in the Chinese anti-Japanese battlefield?
Brutal Battle of Stalingrad (from the internet)
Background to the Battle of Stalingrad
On July 17, 1942, the German fascists concentrated their elite forces to attack Stalingrad in the Soviet Union, and the famous "Battle of Stalingrad" in the history of World War II broke out.
The reason why Germany wanted to attack Stalingrad was because this place was so important, it was the throat of the Moscow area of the Soviet capital, the south, as long as the German army occupied Stalingrad, then it could attack Moscow to the north and the Persian Gulf to the south. More importantly, the western and southern regions of Stalingrad were also the main producers of oil, coal, grain and other important strategic materials in the Soviet Union. Obviously, the purpose of the German offensive was to cut off the strategic source of materials for the Soviet Union, and if Germany succeeded, then the Soviet Union would be in a desperate situation and may lose the ability to continue to resist.
Naturally, the Soviet Union was also well aware of Germany's intentions, which determined that the battle would be bloody and brutal, because both sides were desperate for victory!
The result of the Battle of Stalingrad
Indeed, the scale of the Battle of Stalingrad is unprecedented, and the blood and cruelty of the battle are also unprecedented! Nazi Germany has invested 2 million strong troops to attack. And the Soviet Union, in order to win this battle related to the fate of the country, also went all out, and has invested more than 3 million troops! In other words, the total number of troops invested by the Soviets and Germans in this great war reached a staggering 5 million!
In the end, the Soviet Union stubbornly resisted the German offensive, and the battle ended on February 2, 1943. In the brutal battle that lasted more than half a year, the Soviet Union achieved great results, killing and wounding as many as 1.5 million elite German divisions. However, the Soviet Union also paid a huge price for this, and its own casualties reached more than 2 million.
The victory at the Battle of Stalingrad brought about a fundamental change in the overall strength of the Soviet Union and Germany, and the passive situation of the Soviet Union was completely reversed, and the German offensive state against the Soviet Union came to an end. The Battle of Stalingrad became a turning point in the balance of victory and defeat in the Soviet-German war, and was also one of the landmark events of the great turning point of the world anti-fascist war.
Since then, "Stalingrad" has been used to describe the turning point and pivot point in military warfare from defense to counter-offensive, from passive to active, from defeat to victory.
Was there a "Battle of Stalingrad" in the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression?
During the eight years of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Nationalist government organized many major battles against Japan, such as the Battle of Taiyuan, the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan, the Three Battles of Changsha, the Battle of Changde, the Battle of Yuxianggui, and so on. On the eighth route army, the Hundred Regiments War, which was carried out in the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, was also a major battle.
Chinese Heroes from the Internet
So, in all these major battles, did any of these battles become a turning point in the Sino-Japanese War? That is to say, which battle fundamentally transformed the balance of power between China and Japan, and changed China from defense to attack? Obviously, this change has never happened!
In April 1944, the Japanese army, which had lost successive defeats in the Pacific Theater, also took the initiative to provoke a major battle, that is, the Battle of Yuxianggui. As a result, the nationalist army was defeated and lost hundreds of thousands of troops.
In April 1945, the Japanese army, which was already on the eve of surrender, even launched the Battle of Xiangxi, and the Japanese devils still launched a continuous attack on the Chinese army on the battlefield!
It was not until the Soviets attacked and destroyed the Kwantung Army and the Americans dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese mainland that the Japanese devils finally surrendered unconditionally.
Can the above historical facts show that there was never such a war of the "Stalingrad" style in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in China?
In fact, no matter how carefully we examine the historical materials of our war of resistance, we still cannot find a turning point such as the "Battle of Stalingrad" that determines the outcome of the war. That is to say, in the history of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in our country, there was no "Stalingrad" campaign!
Therefore, the "so-and-so battle" that has appeared in various media is China's "Stalingrad" and has no historical basis at all.
Conclusion
Perhaps, the above analysis of this result, we sound a little difficult to accept, even feel very uncomfortable, but the historical facts are so. However, we should revere history, and not respecting historical facts is the manifestation of irresponsibility for the arduous history of the War of Resistance. Just like many previous anti-war dramas, which greatly distorted historical facts, the result not only failed to play a role in educating future generations, but also diluted how our national heroes shed blood and sacrificed for the country under unimaginably difficult conditions, and future generations could not accurately appreciate the hard-won victory! Last one: Salute to the heroes who died in the War of Resistance Against Japan!