The badge of the 200th Division

The 200th Division (Traditional Chinese: 第200師, Simplified Chinese: 第200师; pinyin: Dì 200 Shī) was the first mechanised division in the National Revolutionary Army. It was created in 1938 by General Du Yuming, who was also its first commander. The division secured a devastating victory against the Japanese in the Battle of Kunlun Pass, wiping out an entire Japanese brigade. Later in the war however, it suffered a disastrous defeat in the Burma campaign, under General Joseph Stilwell. Its commanding officer, Dai Anlan was killed in battle. Image File history File linksMetadata 200th_division_badge. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 200th_division_badge. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... Motorized forces or military units are those that have trucks, or other wheeled, un-armoured transport as an integral part of their organization. ... The National Revolutionary Army (NRA) (Chinese: 國民革命軍; pinyin: guo2 min2 ge2 ming4 jun1) was the national army of the Republic of China. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Du Yuming (py) or Tu Yü-ming (wg) (杜聿明) (November 28, 1903-May 7, 1981) was a Kuomintang field commander active in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) theatre of World War II and in the Chinese civil war from 1945 to 1949. ... Combatants National Revolutionary Army, China Imperial Japanese Army, Japan Commanders Du Yuming Masao Nakamura Strength  ?  ? Casualties 27,000 men 8000 men The Battle of Kunlun Pass (Traditional Chinese: 崑崙關戰役, Simplified Chinese: 昆仑关战役; pinyin: KÅ«nlúnguān Zhàngyì) was series of battles between the Japanese and the Chinese in contention for... Joseph Warren Stilwell (March 19, 1883 – October 12, 1946) was a United States Army four-star general best-known for his service in China. ...

Order of Battle (Kunlun Pass)

• 200th Division

• 1 armour regiment
• 1 armoured car regiment
• 1 motorised infantry regiment
• 1 artillery regiment

Equipment

The armoured regiment had 70 T-26, 4 BT-5, 18 or 20 CV-33 tanks. The armoured car regiment had around 50 BA armoured cars. The motorised infantry regiment used Soviet trucks and rifles, and the artillery regiment had 12 122 mm howitzers, also 45 mm anti-aircraft artillery and 75 mm field guns. General characteristics Length: 4. ... The Bystrokhodniy Tank (Fast Tank), was a series of Soviet light tanks which were produced between 1932 and 1941. ... The BA-20 was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1936 and used in the early stages of World War II. It was derived from the civilian GAZ-M1 car, which was itself a modified version of a Ford design, produced by the Nizhny Novgorod-based vehicle... Loading a WW1 British 15 in (381 mm) howitzer A howitzer or hauwitzer is a type of field artillery. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... A field gun is an artillery piece. ...

This Division suffered heavy losses in the battle at Kunlun Pass, and a later Japanese counteroffensive and in a losing most of its equipment in battle or breakdown due to lack of spare parts once Soviet aid declined. It was reorganized as an infantry division for the Burma campaign in early 1942.

Order of Battle (Burma 1942)

200th Division (Major-General Tai An Lan)

• 598thRegiment
• 599th Regiment
• 600th Regiment