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German Spies in China (2)
German intelligence operations in China were thoroughly reorganized in the fall of 1942, and a new top spy was put in charge. His name was Ludwig Eisentraeger, but he called himself Ludwig Ehrhardt...
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In the world of reenactment, China enthusiasts are a small, but dedicated and growing group. These videos, kindly provided by Ryan Daniels, are from a recent event in Massachusetts and clearly...
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Mon Dieu! The Fate of a French Port in China
The Allied victory in the war in Asia in 1945 meant the end of not just Japanese imperialism in the region, but also, paradoxically, European imperialism. An example of this is the fate of a French...
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Chiang’s List
Manchukuo pilots China’s leader Chiang Kai-shek tried something new in late 1936 when his armies were faced with the attacks of Chinese puppet troops fighting for the Japanese. He lured them with cash...
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The Mysterious Greek – German Spies in China (3)
This is part of an occasional series on German espionage networks in China during World War Two. In 1943, one of the key German intelligence operations in China was a radio station run from a building...
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China’s 14-Year-Long World War II
A full six years have been officially added to the length of World War Two in China. In an announcement earlier this week, the Ministry of Education in Beijing declared that the war lasted from 1931...
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A Photographer in Shanghai: Soldiers
Soldier at bomb damaged North Railway Station, Shanghai The battle of Shanghai in 1937 was unique in many ways. For example, it was recorded more exhaustively in the western media than any other battle...
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A Photographer in Shanghai: Soldiers (Part 2)
Nationalist soldier poses by sandbags, North Railway Station, Shanghai One of the most prolific foreign photographers during the three-month battle for Shanghai in 1937 was American-born Malcolm...
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A Photographer in Shanghai: Red Swastika
Hospital nurses, Shanghai During the three-month battle of Shanghai in 1937, volunteers of the Red Swastika Society were a ubiquitous sight, present wherever their help was needed. At hospitals, nurses...
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Asians in WWII Poster Art
Since the US engagement in World War II was to a significant extent directed towards Asia, it is no surprise that a large part of American poster art of the war years had Asian themes. The...
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A Photographer in Shanghai: The Japanese
The war between China and Japan that broke out in 1937 was a modern media war involving the international press as an actor in the game for public opinion. This was the especially the cases in the...
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The First Kamikaze
Kamikaze – ”Divine Wind” – became the symbol of Japan’s last desperate fight against the overwhelming power of the United States, as young pilots hurled their explosives-laden planes against American...
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Battle for a Doomed City: Gaming Nanjing 1937 (Part 1)
This article is written by G. Jökull Gíslason, an Iceland-based wargamer and historian with a special interest in the Second Sino-Japanese War. It shows how wargames and simulations can add an extra...
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Battle for a Doomed City: Gaming Nanjing 1937 (Part 2)
This article, the second in a series of three, is an after-action report on a wargame based on the battle of Nanjing in 1937. The report is written by G. Jökull Gíslason, an Iceland-based wargamer and...
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Battle for a Doomed City: Gaming Nanjing 1937 (Part 3)
This article, the last in a series of three, is an after-action report on a wargame based on the battle of Nanjing in 1937. The report is written by G. Jökull Gíslason, an Iceland-based wargamer and...
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Asia’s Last Day of Peace
Eighty years ago, Tuesday, July 6, 1937, was the last day of peace in Asia. The following day, Chinese and Japanese forces would clash at Marco Polo Bridge near the ancient capital of Beijing,...
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Marco Polo Bridge and the Coming of War
In the afternoon of July 7, 1937, soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of the Japanese Army stationed at the city of Fengtai near the old capital of Beijing, assembled in the area north of Marco...
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A Chinese Agent in Burma
The article, featuring the extraordinary story of Chinese agent Li Jui, was written by Richard Duckett, a history and international relations scholar at Reading College. It was first published on Dr....
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Nanjing 1937: A Japanese Pilot Remembers
Kaname Harada, a Japanese fighter ace during the war in China and the Pacific, took part in the conquest of China’s capital Nanjing in late 1937, and shortly afterwards bore witness to the horrific...
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