Battle of Taiyuan
The Japanese offensive called 太原作戦 or the Battle of Taiyuan () was a major battle fought in 1937 between China and Japan named for Taiyuan (the capital of Shanxi province), which lay in the 2nd Military Region. The battle concluded in a victory for Japan over the National Revolutionary Army (NRA), including part of Suiyuan, most of Shanxi and the NRA arsenal at Taiyuan, and effectively ended large-scale organized resistance in the North China area.

Japanese forces included the Japanese Northern China Area Army under Hisaichi Terauchi, elements of the Kwantung Army, and elements of the Inner Mongolian Army led by Demchugdongrub. Chinese forces were commanded by Yan Xishan (warlord of Shanxi), Wei Lihuang (14th Army Group), and Fu Zuoyi (7th Army Group), as well as Zhu De who led the Eighth Route Army of the Chinese Communist Party (under the Second United Front alliance).

Occupation of the territories gave the Japanese access to coal from Datong in northern Shanxi, but also exposed them to attacks by the guerrilla forces of the Nationalist army including the Eighth Route Army, tying down many Japanese troops which could have been diverted to other campaigns.
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Shanxi
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2nd Military Region
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National Revolutionary Army
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Suiyuan
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Japanese Northern China Area Army
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Yan Xishan
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Fu Zuoyi
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Zhu De
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Eighth Route Army
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Chinese Communist Party
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Second United Front
ORG
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Datong
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Eighth Route Army
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Battle of Taiyuan
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