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War with Japan (1937-45)
- Events
- July 1937: Japanese troops attack Beijing army bases
and capture the city after provoking an incident
- Japanese troops sweep southwards, pushing Guomindang
back
- Japanese troops sweep southwards, pushing Guomindang
back
- November 1937: Capture Shanghai (most important port)
- December 1937: Capture capital Nanjing
- GMD make new capital in Chongqing
- GMD make new capital in Chongqing
- 1938-44: Japanese occupy all major cities, railways,ports,roads...
- Chinese re-captured countryside as not enough Japanese manpower
- Chinese re-captured countryside as not enough Japanese manpower
- 1938: Nanjing Massacre -- competition to see which Japanese
officer could be the first to behead 100 chinese
- About 300,000 Chinese deaths
- About 300,000 Chinese deaths
- July 1937: Japanese troops attack Beijing army bases
and capture the city after provoking an incident
- Guomindang during the war
- Retreated from Japanese invasion and gave up Nanjing, Beijing and Shanghai
- Cut-off from industrialised western parts of China so couldn't fight back
- Cut-off from industrialised western parts of China so couldn't fight back
- Became very corrupt
- Chiang governed like a dictator with an
army of 'Blueshirts' that hunted down
opposition
- Did little to improve Chinese welfare
problems--> little support from
peasants
- Retreated from Japanese invasion and gave up Nanjing, Beijing and Shanghai
- American Involvement
- 1941: Japan had 2 million men in China, more than half army
- December 1941: Pearl Harbour attack brings US into the war
- American supplies went to Chinese, Japanese trade bombarded
- August 1945: Atomic bombs end war
- 1941: Japan had 2 million men in China, more than half army
- CCP during the
war
- 1937-45: Used guerrilla tactics to attack Japanese
troops and regain control of Northern China and
countrysides
- 1940: Hundreds Regiment Battle -- attacked
Japanese-controlled railways to paralyse Japanese
transport
- 1941: 'Three-All Campaign' by Japanese-- kill
all, burn all, destroy all.
- Aim to turn peasants against CCP but had opposite effect
- Aim to turn peasants against CCP but had opposite effect
- 1937: 30,000 m2 + 2 million people
- 1945: 300,000 m2 + 95 million people
- 1945: 300,000 m2 + 95 million people
- 1937-45: Used guerrilla tactics to attack Japanese
troops and regain control of Northern China and
countrysides
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