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Wartime perception of the Chinese Communists. Battle of West Hunan. Women in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Categories: Wars involving the Republic of China. 1940s in China. 20th-century military history of China. Military history of the Republic of China (1912–1949) World War II by country.
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. [ 24][ 25] It is considered part of World War II, and often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia. It was the largest Asian war in the 20th ...
e. The Republic of China ( ROC ), or simply China, was a sovereign state based in mainland China from 1912 until its government's retreat in 1949 to Taiwan, where it is now based. [ f] The Republic of China was established after the 1911 Revolution overthrew the Qing dynasty, ending the imperial history of China.
The following is a list of military equipment of the ROC in World War II (1937–1945) [1] which includes aircraft, artillery, small arms, vehicles and vessels. This list covers the equipment of the National Revolutionary Army, various warlords and including the Collaborationist Chinese Army and Manchukuo Imperial Army, as well as Communist guerillas, encompassing the period of the Second ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military ...
v. t. e. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had sphere of influence zones within Republican era China from 1927 to 1949 during the Chinese Civil War, collectively called revolutionary base areas. They were also known as the Soviet Zone from 1927 to 1937 during the First Chinese Civil War, the Anti-Japanese Base Areas during the Second Sino ...
Location of Wuhan within China. Wuhan, located halfway upstream of the Yangtze River, was the second-largest city in China, with a population of 1.5 million in late 1938. [30] The Yangtze River and the Hanshui River divide the city into three regions, which include Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang. Wuchang was the political center, Hankou was the ...
Civilian deaths. 1,000,000+ [ nb 7] The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, [ 48] was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the Pacific Ocean theater, the South West ...