Japanese troops were ordered to surrender to Kuomintang troops under the terms of the Japanese unconditional surrender dictated by the United States.
This would maintain order in the Japanese-controlled regions and help fight off the communists until the arrival and deployment of Kuomintang troops.
January 31 - The last Kuomintang troops surrender in mainland China.
Chiang Kai-shek's own Kuomintang troops carried out the majority of the fighting.
On December 11, 1933, a total of eight columns of Kuomintang troops ventured out of their fortifications and began a second offensive.
The Kuomintang troops slowly began their push towards their objectives.
It was the site of a famous retreat by the Chinese communists from the Kuomintang troops during the Long March.
The revels took Kuomintang troops by surprise as they celebrated the capitulation of Japanese Army in Manchuria.
In the north, Chinese Kuomintang troops were fleeing the Chinese communists and pillaging their way southward towards Hanoi.
Japanese troops fought against the Kuomintang troops along the Great Wall in 1933.