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China in WW2
China's participation in World War 2 began a historical change within one of the most populated countries of the world.
1,622 Questions
Did Japan use tunnel warfare in China in World War 2?
To some extent some tunnels were used; but the war in China was not known for that use. Trenches were also used; but again, the war in China was not known for that. WW1 was known as a "trench war", as well as alot of tunnelling.
What was the role of China in World War 2?
- China was attacked by Japan
- China defended itself from the Japanese attack
- America helped China with air campaigns to distract Japanese supply lines throughout the Pacific.
- America used China to help them distract some 60% of Japanese ground forces while they engaged the other 40% in the Pacific.
When was gun powder invented in China?
it was invented by the Chinese but they did it by accident in 1000ad first used for firework then weopens then firworks again!lol make up ur mind!
it was invented by the Chinese but they did it by accident in 1000ad first used for firework then weopens then firworks again!lol make up ur mind!
Who did China got its independence from?
China won independence from it own previous forms of government and dynasties. The People's Republic of China was declared on December 2, 1949 and the national day of independence is marked on October 1.
In 1900 anti-foreign sentiment in china led to an uprising known as the?
The uprising of loyal Chinese against outsiders was called the Boxer Rebellion.
Who were the Americans who flew in China prior to the US entrance into World War 2?
They were known as the Flying Tigers. They got this name because they painted the mouth (showing teeth) and eyes on the noses of their p-40s. This gave them the appearance of flying tigers, ergo the name stuck. This group was commanded by General Chanault.
What is China's exact population?
According to the CIA World Fact Book, the estimatedpopulation of China in 2009 was 1,338,612,968, which is in excess of one billion more people than live in the United States. Despite a one-child policy, this number has continued to grow. It's not possible to provide an exact headcount because birth, death, immigration and emigration ensures the number is constantly changing.
The median age of Chinese citizens is young compared to many other countries, at 34.1 years. The median age of US citizens is 36.7 years; in many European countries, the median age is over 40.
China's birthrate is 14 births for every 1,000 citizens, while the death rate is approximately 7 per 1,000. These numbers indicate the Chinese population is growing at twice the death rate (this is true of many countries).
The typical family has 1.79 children.
In China where do they speak Mandarin?
Mandarin is the official language of China. So you can say it is spoken throughout the country. In the meantime, wide varieties of local dialects exist everywhere. Among the dialects, those are spoken in the north, northeast and central China are normally regarded as the root of Mandarin.
How did 19th century imperialism affect China?
Imperialism had a major affect on China. The Opium War played a major part of this. The opium war was provoked by the problems with European countries and China. British were getting tired of doing outside trading and wanted to trade directly with China. China had little need from the West. As a direct result the smuggling of opium began. Opium was forbidden in China except for medicinal use. The war was fought to determine the relations between China and the West, and as a result China was forced to reevaluate her position as the center of the world. Imperialism is most commonly related to historical content such as the ancient histories of Rome, Greece, and China.
The Nationalist were very corrupted and they were not supported by the poor people. Communists defeated the Nationalist government very quickly, mainly because the Communists had higher morale and they managed to make the Nationalist Army desert in whole batallions. The Nationalist government lost the war and they fled to Taiwan province which is an island. So the Communists established the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, the Nationalists) is only holding Taiwan. USA did not recognise PRC until the 1970s.
How did detente affect relations?
Detente between the United States and the Soviet Union led to a softening of the tensions between the two nations. It eventually led to the end of Cold War.
What happened when zhang Qians exploration of the west?
He found out about the people, geography, and culture of the areas west of China. He also visited a kingdom far to the west, probably in the area of present-day Kazakhstan. There, he saw horses of great strength and size.
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What contributions did Lim Bo Seng make to Singapore?
Every war would produce a hero and every country, a patriot, whose deeds would stand the test of time. It was sixty one years ago this month, in the dark years of the Japanese Occupation in Malaya, that such a person emerged. That hero was Lim Bo Seng.
Lim Bo Seng, despite his privileged background and success as a businessman, was staunchly anti-Japanese even before the war came to Malaya. An active contributor of the China Relief Fund, he was later the Director of the Labour Service Department in the newly formed Singapore Chinese Mobilisation Council. Certain to be a target of reprisals for the Japanese, he was compelled to flee Singapore just before it capitulated. He managed to reach Sumatra where he then made his way to Colombo and finally to Calcutta in India. There, he met a British officer, Basil Goodfellow, who persuaded him to join the British efforts in setting up a joint China-Britain espionage network in Malaya. He then proceeded on to Nationalist China to recruit overseas Malayan Chinese for this task. This resistance network came to be known as Force 136.
He was held in high regard by the British and other members of Force 136 for his patriotism, leadership and organisational abilities. After receiving training from the British in India, the men of Force 136 were inserted into Malaya via submarine in batches. Appointed leader of the Malayan Chinese section, he personally arrived in Malaya in November 1943 to co-ordinate the efforts. He was one of the five signatories in the Bukit Bidor Agreement signed on 1st Jan 1944 where the British and the Malayan Communist Party agreed to work together and support each other against the Japanese.
Tragedy was to strike when he was stopped at a checkpoint at Gopeng and arrested. He had earlier ignored warnings and pleas from his comrades about the danger of his mission, which was to revamp the entire intelligence network and solicit funds from his wealthy friends. Brought to Batu Gajah Prison, he was subjected to continuous interrogations and torture by the infamous Kempeitai. Lim Bo Seng was already weak in health, having just gone for a haemorrhoids operation in India before arriving in Malaya. To make matters worse, he suffered from dysentery. Finally, on 29th June 1944, he succumbed under the immense suffering and passed away.
Following the surrender of the Japanese in Malaya in September 1945, the accolades for Lim Bo Seng began to flow in. The Nationalist Government in China accorded to him a posthumous rank of Major-General and a grand funeral procession was held on 13th January 1946. His grave is situated at MacRitchie Reservoir. On the 10th Anniversary of his death, in 1954, a memorial was unveiled at the Esplanade to commemorate him.
Lim Bo Seng attained everlasting fame not only because he gave up everything, including his life, to fight against an enemy he deemed to be tyrannical and cruel but also because of his steadfast refusal under pain and torture to reveal the information which would endanger the lives of his comrades and the cause he was fighting for.
Lim Bo Seng's Force 136
Lim Bo Seng's name is inextricably linked with that of Force 136, for he had a hand in setting it up and bringing it to fruition. The British regrouped after their disastrous capitulation and plans were afoot to regain their lost territories. However, they lacked intelligence on the Japanese troops in Malaya and this could only be remedied if they had a good intelligence network on the ground. For this purpose, Lim Bo Seng was persuaded by the British to help set up a clandestine spy network in Malaya. With Bo Seng's help, the British joined forces with Nationalist China to recruit and train the Force 136 members, which consisted mainly of overseas Malayan Chinese. From China, these men were sent to the Far East Military School in Poona, India where they were taught shooting and survival skills, jungle and guerrilla warfare and intelligence gathering techniques.
Upon graduation, they were sent to Malaya in batches, at first by submarine. The first team, Gustavus I, departed for Malaya on 11th May 1943 and landed in Tanjong Hantu on the 24th. The first base was set up at Bukit Segari. Subsequent batches were landed along the west coast of Malaya. Later on in the war, Force 136 members were parachuted into various Malayan states. As the war dragged on and it became apparent that Japan was losing the war, more and more British officers and Force 136 members were parachuted in, along with weapons and supplies. However, before Operation Zipper (the planned British invasion of Malaya) was launched, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. Shortly after the surrender, Force 136 was disbanded, but not before its members had been feted as liberation heroes who had put their lives on the line for freedom.
Who took over after the death of Charlemagne?
On 28 January 814, the great emperor Charlemagne died. His work did not survive him. The two founders of Catholic France, Clovis and Charlemagne, wrote the heroic beginning of its history. The prestige of Charlemagne's warrior alone had maintained political unity of his vast empire. Its too large size, diversity of peoples who had neither the same language, nor the same customs, nor the same interests, made his defense and his government impossible for successors who had neither the warrior values, neither authority of Charlemagne.
According to the Frankish custom, after the death of the Emperor, everyone of his sons received a kingdom . Louis received Aquitaine, Pepin, Italy, Charles, Germany. Pepin and Charles died before their father. This first division did not last. Louis known as the Pious and debonair would have made a good monk, but the burden of the empire was too heavy for him.
In October 817, the new Emperor meets a large assembly of his people convoked for the occasion. A first division of the Empire was decided. Lothair, the eldest child of Louis, was associated with the government of the Empire and designated as successor to his father. His two brothers Pepin and Louis, received two other portions of the Empire. The Pope approved the division who was in the tradition of the Franks. Louis the Pious seemed to continue the work of Charlemagne.
Another child was born to Louis the Pious, after a second marriage, a new division of territory was considered. The sons of Louis the Pious then rebelled against their father. Lothair was exiled; Louis appeased the other two by promising to increase their kingdom, but new troubles soon broke out as Pepin and his brother Louis claims a share in the government of the empire. Louis the Pious tried to fight but his supporters deserted him seeing that he was the weakest. He was formally stripped of his imperial dignity. and was confined in a monastery.
The three sons, who had agreed to depose their father, did not remain in agreement. Eventually, remorseful, Louis and Pepin decided to restore their father against Lothair. A new war broke out. Lothair was exiled in Italy and Louis the Pious was formally restored to the throne in 835. Three years after the death of Louis the Pious in 840, the division of the empire was established by the Treaty of Verdun in 843. The treaty gave to Louis the countries of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine. Lothair retained the title of Emperor, Italy, the region between the Alps and the Aare, the Rhine, on the one hand, and the Rhone, the Saone and the Meuse. Charles received the western portion remaining.
The date of the treaty of Verdun, 843, is crucial in history because now the unity of the empire was dissolved.
What made someone a scholer in china's golden age?
"One who thoroughly knew the Confuciun classics." Anyone who worked hard for the title by studying, taking and passing many levels of exams could be called a scholar. They did not need to be born into nobility.
The League of Nations was viewed by the world as "the league of the victors of World War 1" rather than a fair league for all nations. Most nations ignored the League and their goals therefore the League did little to prevent World War 2. The Treaty of Versailles was also connected to the League of Nations and many nations resented that Treaty. This was a major contributing factor of the reasons for World War 2 being started and fought.
What were the flying tigers in World War 2?
The original Flying Tigers were a group of Americans who volunteered and signed a contract with the Chinese Government to fly (and others worked as mechanics, etc) and fight the Japanese who were invading their country. This was before the US declared war, so these Americans were not in the US Army.
After the US entered the war, some of these American volunteers joined the American Army. They formed an official unit within the US Army that was known as the Flying Tigers and also painted the shark's mouth on their fighters. Also the 14th Air Force adopted the flying tiger as their unit insignia.
Who is the emperor of japan during war world 2?
There was no emperor, the last emporer, Puyi, was desposed in 1911. Just in case you're wondering, Mao wasn't the emperor either. The communists weren't even in power then.
wars of "national liberation"
Why did the Japanese invasion of Manchuria make the US mad?
Attack of September 18, 1931
ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1931 Japan launched an attack on Manchuria. Within a few days Japanese armed forces had occupied several strategic points in South Manchuria.
The United States Minister to China reported to Secretary of State Stimson, in a telegram dated September 22, his opinion that this was "an aggressive act by Japan", apparently long-planned, and carefully and systematically put into effect. Minister Johnson found no evidence that it was the result of accident or the act of minor and irresponsible officials. He was convinced that the Japanese military operation in Manchuria "must fall within any definition of war" and that this act of aggression had been deliberately accomplished in "utter and cynical disregard" of Japan's obligations under the Kellogg-Briand Pact of August 27, 1928 for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy.
On September 22 Secretary Stimson informed Japanese Ambassador Debuchi at Washington that the responsibility for determining the course of events with regard to liquidating the situation in Manchuria rested largely upon Japan, "for the simple reason that Japanese armed forces have seized and are exercising de-facto control in South Manchuria".
Meanwhile, the League of Nations was deliberating on the Manchuria situation. Secretary Stimson instructed the United States Consul at Geneva to inform the Secretary General of the League of Nations, in a communication dated October 5, 1931, that it was most desirable that the League in no way relax its vigilance and in no way fail to assert all its pressure and authority toward regulating the action of China and Japan. Secretary Stimson stated further that this Government, acting independently, would "endeavor to reinforce what the League does" and would make clear its keen interest in the matter and its awareness of the obligations of the disputants in the Kellogg-Briand Pact and the Nine-Power Treaty, "should a time arise when it would seem advisable to bring forward these obligations".
The United States Government, in identic notes of October 20, 1931 to China and Japan, called attention to their obligations under the Kellogg-Briand Pact. This Government expressed the hope that nations would refrain from measures which might lead to that they would agree upon a peaceful method for resolving their dispute "in accordance with their promises and in keeping with expectations of public opinion throughout the world".
"Non-Recognition Policy"
The Japanese Government professed a desire to continue friendly relations with China and denied that it had territorial designs in Manchuria. However, Japanese military operations continued. By the end of 1931 Japan had destroyed the last remaining administrative authority of the Government of the Chinese Republic in South Manchuria, as it existed prior to September 18 of that year. The United States Government notified the Chinese and Japanese Governments on January 7, 1932 that it could not admit the legality of any situation de facto nor did it intend to recognize any treaty or agreement entered into between these Governments which might impair the treaty rights of the United States or its citizens in China; that it did not intend to recognize "any situation, treaty, or agreement" which might be brought about by means contrary to the obligations of the Kellogg-Briand Pact. In pursuance of this policy the puppet government established by Japanese arms in Manchuria a few weeks later has not been recognized by the United States.
After the hostilities between Japan and China had spread to the Shanghai area early in l932 the Japanese Government asked that the United States extend its good offices for stopping hostilities. Thereupon, the United States made a proposal on February 2 containing the following points: cessation of all acts of violence on both sides; no further preparation for hostilities; withdrawal of both Chinese and Japanese combatants in the Shanghai area; protection of the International Settlement at Shanghai by the establishment of neutral ones; and upon acceptance of the foregoing, prompt negotiations to settle all outstanding controversies between Japan and China with the aid of neutral observers or participants. The same proposal was made to Japan and China by the British, French and Italian Governments. The Chinese Government promptly accepted the proposal; the Japanese Government, while accepting some of the points, rejected flatly the second and fifth points, and consequently the proposal came to no avail.
In February 1932 Secretary of State Stimson proposed to the British Government that the United States and British Governments issue a joint statement invoking the Nine-Power Treaty and the Kellogg-Briand Pact in the Far Eastern controversy, making clear that the two Governments considered these treaties as fully binding and declaring that they would not recognize as valid any situation created in violation of these treaties.
In a letter of February 23, 1932 to Senator Borah, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Secretary Stimson said that the situation which had developed in China could not be reconciled with the obligations set forth in the Nine-Power Treaty and the Kellogg-Briand Pact. He referred to the statement of the United States Government of January 7 and said that if a similar policy were followed by the other governments of the world, an effective bar would be placed on the legality of any title or right sought to be obtained by pressure or treaty violation and that eventually such action would lead to restoration to China of the rights and titles of which China had been deprived.
The British Government did not adopt the specific suggestion made by Secretary Stimson. Later it introduced in the Assembly of the League of Nations a resolution which was unanimously adopted; this resolution of March 11, 1932 stated in part: "it is incumbent upon the members of the League of Nations not to recognize any situation, treaty or agreement which may be brought about by means contrary to the Covenant of the League of Nations or to the Pact of Paris."
Ambassador Grew's Report on Japanese Military Spirit
The United States Ambassador to Japan, Joseph C. Grew, reported to Secretary Stimson on August 13, 1932 the growing dangers in the existing situation. Ambassador Grew said that in Japan the deliberate building up of public animosity against foreign nations in general and the United States in particular was doubtless for the purpose of strengthening the hand of the military in its Manchuria venture in the face of foreign opposition. He stated that the Japanese military machine had been "built for war", felt prepared for war, and would "welcome war"; that it had never yet been beaten and possessed unlimited self-confidence.
After consolidating their position in Manchuria the Japanese military forces proceeded, early in January 1933, to extend the boundaries of the new puppet state by the occupation of the province of Jehol in North China. The Japanese Ambassador, in a conversation of January 5 with Secretary Stimson, stated that Japan-had no territorial ambition south of the Great Wall. The Secretary reminded the Ambassador that a year previously the latter had said that Japan had no territorial ambitions in Manchuria. The Ambassador replied that no Japanese Cabinet which advocated a compromise on the Manchuria question could survive in Japan and that the Manchuria incident must be regarded as closed. Secretary Stimson said that this Government had come to the conclusion that another war such as the World War might destroy our civilization; therefore, we were "determined to support the peace machinery which would render such a recurrence impossible".
Condemnation of Japanese Aggression
Meanwhile, the League of Nations had been considering the report of the Lytton Commission which had been appointed by the League to make an investigation of the situation in Manchuria. The Commission reported that the military operations of the Japanese in Manchuria could not be regarded as measures of legitimate self-defense; that the regime which the Japanese had set up there disregarded the wishes of the people of Manchuria and was not compatible with the fundamental principles of existing international obligations. The League Assembly adopted this report on February 24, 1933, and the Japanese delegation thereupon walked out of the Assembly. In a letter of February 25 to the Secretary General of the League of Nations, Secretary Stimson stated that the United States was in substantial accord with the findings and conclusions of the League.
On March 27, 1933 Japan gave notice of its intention to withdraw from the League.
In the spring of 1933, in connection with proposed legislation to authorize the President under certain conditions to apply embargoes on the export of arms from the United States, consideration was given to the possibility of an arms embargo against Japan. In a statement made on behalf of Secretary of State Hull to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 17, 1933, it was emphasized that the United States Government concurred "in general in the findings of the Lytton Commission which place the major responsibility upon Japan for the international conflict now proceeding in China". In this statement concerning the proposed legislation, Secretary Hull said that it was not the intention of this Government to use the authority as a means of restoring peace between China and Japan. He aid that an arms embargo would not be an effective means of restoring peace in this instance; that Japan was an important producer of arms with industries sufficiently developed to supply its own needs; that China was dependent upon her importation of these commodities; that an arms embargo applied to both China and Japan would, therefore, militate against China and in favor of Japan; that an embargo directed against Japan alone would probably result in the seizure by the Japanese of arms intended for China, thus ultimately decreasing China's supply of arms and increasing Japan's supply. The Secretary stated that this Government would not be disposed to take any action which would favor the military operations of the Japanese. Further, he said that we would not under any circumstances agree to participate in an international embargo of this kind unless we had secured substantial guaranties from the Governments of all the great powers which would insure against the effects of any retaliatory measures which the Japanese might undertake.
The proposed arms-embargo legislation was not enacted.
Source: U.S., Department of State, Publication 1983, Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 1931-1941 (Washington, D.C.: U.S., Government Printing Office, 1943), pp.3-8
True False Mao Zedong headed the Communist forces in China Chiang Kai-shek headed the Nationalists?
true
Why do the Quakers not like war?
Quakers feel that it is fundamentally wrong to wound or kill other people.
Jan Peter Balkenende is Prime Minister of The Netherlands.
