From 1937 till the end of the war in 1945, the Chinese armed forces under Generalissimo Chiang fought more than 1,100 major battles and over 38,900 minor battles. Chiang's strategy of "trading space for time" finally crushed the enemy's invasion after eight long years.
自七七開始，以迄抗戰勝利受降為止，八年之中，國軍先後經過重要會戰及戰役一千一百餘次，小戰鬥達三萬八千九百餘次。