Battle of Xinkou

Battle of Xinkou
	Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
	; Chinese troops marching to defend Xinkou mountain passes
Date	October 11 – November 5, 1937; (3 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Niangzi Pass and Taiyuan in China
Result	Japanese victory
Belligerents
China Chinese Nationalist Party; Chinese Communist Party;	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Yan Xishan; Yang Aiyuan; Wei Lihuang; Zhu De; Fu Zuoyi; Li Mo'an; Hao Mengling †	Itagaki Seishiro
Strength
280,000 in 52 divisions	140,000 in 4 divisions; 350+ artillery guns; 150+ tanks; 300 aircraft
Casualties and losses
Western Claim: 100,000 dead, injured or missing; ; Chinese Claim :; Battle of Xinkou : According to the 'history of the Anti-Japanese War' : 55,094 killed, wounded, or missing; According to the statistical table of the Second Military Front : 33,264 killed, wounded, or missing; Battle of Niangziguan : According to the 'history of the Anti-Japanese War' : 28,516 killed, wounded, or missing; According to the statistical table of the Second Military Front : approximately 27,043 casualties;	Western Claim:; 20,000 killed; Tens of thousands more wounded; Dozens of tanks and 24+ planes; ; Battle of Xinkou :; Chinese Claim : 21,000 casualties; Japanese Claim : 6,245 casualties; ; Battle of Niangziguan :; Chinese Claim : 3,520 casualties; Japanese Claim : approximately 2,400 casualties
	^ Including the Eighth Route Army ; ^ a b Including in the battle of Yuanping from October 1 until October 10 ; ^ From October 12 until November 10 ;

The Battle of Xinkou (simplified Chinese: 忻口会战; traditional Chinese: 忻口會戰; pinyin: Xīnkǒu Huìzhàn) was a decisive engagement of the Taiyuan Campaign, the second of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.