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Second Sino-Japanese war done!
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WW2 - Second Sino-Japanese War, 1941-1945

With the Japanese attack against the Western Allies in 1941, the conflict between China and Japan entered the decisive phase. Only one of these two powers would be able to survive the war. Maps: Army Map Service, USA; USGS. Sources: History of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) by Hsu Long-Hsuen, and Chang Ming-Kai. Japanese Monographs: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/Monos/ The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 https://www.patreon.com/Eastory 00:04 IJN battleship Nagato and her all crewmembers. Taken in 1937. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Nagato#/media/File:IJN_battleship_Nagato_and_her_all_crewmembers.jpg 00:06 Chinese children in Nanking residential area.(December 20, 1937) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Play_with_broken_coach01.jpg ; China Incident Photograph Album Volume 2(Shina Jihen Shashin Zenshu Vol. 2), published in 1938 by Asahi Shimbun. 00:07 Japanese occupation of Peiping, on August 13, 1937 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_pictures_of_the_Japanese_occupation_of_Peiping_in_China.jpg ; http://www.researchhistory.org/2011/07/02/5664/?wpmp_switcher= 01:33 USS California sinking - Pearl Harbor https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_California_sinking-Pearl_Harbor.jpg ; National Archives and Records Administration 03:18 The burning Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu, 5 June 1942. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiry%C5%AB#/media/File:Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiryu_adrift_and_burning_on_5_June_1942_(NH_73065).jpg ; Naval History and Heritage Command 04:23 Line of American P-40 fighter planes at a flying field somewhere in China. https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:American_P-40_fighter_planes.jpg ; National Archives and Records Administration 06:07 A sinking Japanese merchant ship at Truk Lagoon. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sinking_Japanese_ship_at_Truk_Lagoon_1944.jpg ; U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation 08:01 Chinese soldiers along the Salween River near Burma., ca. 06/1943 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChineseSoldiersSalweenRiver.gif ; National Archives and Records Administration 08:29 A soldier of the Revolutionary Army with artilleries in Taoyuan 1945 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_soldier_of_the_Revolutionary_Army_with_artilleries_in_Taoyuan_1945.jpg ; 意象.台灣影像資料庫 10:00 Mushroom cloud above Nagasaki after atomic bombing on August 9, 1945. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man#/media/File:Nagasakibomb.jpg ; National Archives and Records Administration The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after the dropping of Little Boy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy#/media/File:Atomic_cloud_over_Hiroshima_-_NARA_542192_-_Edit.jpg ; National Archives and Records Administration 10:11 General Yoshijiro Umezu, signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, 2 September 1945. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshijir%C5%8D_Umezu#/media/File:JapaneseSurrender.jpg ; National Archives and Records Administration Thanks to the Patrons for supporting the Channel: Adam Coni, Adam H, Adam Wallace, Bishops, aethelfox, alans4488, ALEX ARCHARO, name name, NvllivsInVerba, Bram Spliet, Bdiah, Brian Hynes, Bogdan Sacarea, Bryan Linsley, Yuri B, gartonschwärt, Marco Agnoletti, ccplz, Christian Richard, David Russell, Craig McCall, David Weidman, Daniel Benhardt, Deniz Özger, CatInSpace, RocketWrench, Prevost, Daniel J Pierce, Dave Nelson, D G, Dongbin Zhang, Fabrice Egal, Ehood Garmiza, Eli Krumholz, Federico Peyrani, Michael, D C, Frank Scheer, Get_the_fuck_up, Greengsg9, Amine Hajji, Håvard Damsberg, Tibor Helienek, KingHarkinian, Idan Vegana, Isaiah Snell-Feikema, Ivan Trapić, Georges Chouinard, Talbot-Jaaskelainen, JAY ALAN EDELMAN, swagmasterx420, Johan West, _thefishball, aserehuehue, Jordon Long-Lay, Juan Escobar, Kamil Babula, Kelly-Stephen Soo, KB, Kevin Castillo, Nandor Kocsi, Kristofers Borovskis, Kristaps, Kyle Askine, omega21, 1st Guards Cavalry Corps, Bluebeaner, yellowLia, Tylorn, Ivan Avdeev, Louis Burke, Lucio Franceschini, Marek Novák, STRONTJESBERG, Anton Kovalev, Alexander G Morgan, Michal Weyer, Mirco Künne, Mark Fisher, Yury Kuchanov, ST98, Michał Zdunek, Arkonos, Naseem Hanna, Ned Weinert, ned hulton, William Nettles, Nicholas Cubbon, Omer Glickman, Piia Orav, Ori Taichman, Eiko Streitz, Shmavon Gazanchyan, Pavel Kuriscak, Pavel Kletnoy, Gurnik, rJ, Philip F Myers, PLD, Peter Lewerin, Christopher Plummer, William Bowe, Harambe, Rafael Aguila, Dmitry Zaitcev, Rob H, Robert Wahl, Rahs, Ryan Harbottle, Simon Stock, Sitraka Forler, Stefan Moluf, Eric Strachan, אביתר הכהן, Herr Burns, Marco, Travis Fudge, Torfinn Tyvold, Just A Random Contributor, VonKickass, Robert Vroman, WillN2Go1 ., Nicole Winters, Mingjian Wang, Jordan Corkins, Arta Yusa, Dennis Anthony Zaluski

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YW

Thanks! You may want to mention at the beginning that the republicans in China kept much of their forces out of the front, to deal with the communist later. This division was the main reason the Chinese were so weak against the japanese.

first_last

I had no idea that japan actualy helped the communists in china in order to free up it's units for the front, short sightedness or just desperation? Thanks for that important piece of info that noone else ever mentions.

Eastory

I am familiar with this argument, but I did not mention it because the facts that I read in the sources seemed not fully agree with it. There were some good Nationalist units deployed against the Communists, but given the total size of the Chinese army it did not seem to be a major factor in the campaign. Also the Nationalists held some of their Allied supplied forces in reserve during the offensive. But the reason of this might have been both to keep them available, if Japan was to attack China's capital or just to preserve its forces, because they were the source of political power in China. So I did not put forward this argument, because I did not believe that opposing the Chinese Communists in the future was the only reason that the forces were held back. I also don't know what would have happened, if these forces were used against Japan (the ones that eventually ended up being deployed against the Ichi-Go offensive did not seem to make much difference).

Eastory

It was mostly out of desperation. I've read from the same sources that in the very end of the war the Japanese military actually considered giving some kind of recognition to the Chinese Communists to put pressure on the Nationalist government of China, but the emperor of Japan did not allow that. I am not fully sure it is true, though.