[百团大战 / 百團大戰, Bǎi tuán Dà zhànㄅㄞˇ ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄢˋ] Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists#69063
[小惩大诫 / 小懲大誡, xiǎo chéng dà jièㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ] lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (成语 saw); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition#479315
[中途岛战役 / 中途島戰役, Zhōng tú dǎo zhàn yìㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄧˋ] battle of Medway of June 1942, the first large scale defeat of the Japanese fleet after Pearl Harbor