3. Sino Japanese War 1937-45 Flashcards
Who did Jaing see as the biggest threat?
The communists. He said the CCP were a disease of the heart and that the Japanese were a disease of the skin.
What was the Xian Incident?
It was when young marshal a GMD commander who disagreed with jaing kidnapped him and forced him to sign a united front to fight the Japanese.
What was the Marco Polo bridge incident?
It was when Japan were doing a training mission and a soldier went missing and they assumed he was kidnapped by China. So they sent a mediator over to negotiate with China, but when he returned the army were ready for battle and started shooting. This marked the beginning of the War.
What happened when Japan captured 3 main cities?
1937 the Japanese took shanghai and advanced up the Yangzi river and later took Nanjing Jiang’s capital. After the Japanese took Wuhan Jaing established a new capital in Chongqing.
What was the Hundred regiments offensive?
Communist forces launched this against the Japanese in the Shandong region. The CCP lost heavily and there was an estimated 22,000 soldiers died. In retaliation the Japanese launched the kill all, burn all , loot all campaign.
What happened when the GMD attacked the new fourth army?
Both sides the GMD and the CCP were determined after the war to be in a strong position so carried out separate attacks against the Japanese. Jaing in 1941 broke the United front and attacked the CCP new fourth army, 7000 of the 9000 troops died.
Japanese attack on pearl harbour?
They attack naval base in Hawaii because of border disputes and sanctions the USA placed on Japan.
Resulted in the USA entering the War and the the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was the impact of the war for the GMD?
Gained enormous amounts of military equipment from Japan. American were critical of The GMD and said they lacked fighting spirit as they retreated. NRA lack to defend the civilians. Jiang couldn’t delegate work to commander and was overly suspicious.
Impact of war for CCP
Suffered heavily after hundred regiment offence and the Japanese subsequent 3 all campaign. Lost lots of territory. Guerrilla warfare worked so became the CCP main type of tactic used at war
