the sino-japanese war Flashcards
(29 cards)
dates of the sino-japanese war
1937-1945
when and what was the Xi-an incident
1936, CKS kidnapped by Young marshall
-the communists want to kill him and stalin said only he would defend china from japan
-CKS gave verbal assurance he would sign the 2nd UF
when and what was the Marco Polo Bridge Incident
7th July 1937, japanese soldier goes missing and used as an excuse to attack the chinese
what was the Beijing ultimatum in response to and what was it,,,, what did it lead to
china need to withdraw or Japan will take Beijing by force—-> second unied front !
When was the 2nd United Front and some terms of it
JULY 1937
-GMD cease attacks on CCP
-communists get financial governement support
-CCP accept GMD leadership
what, when was the National Political Consultative council, what was its makeup
1938, united forces to make policy
-200 members, 120 NON GMD MEMBERS
when does the sino japanese war come to Shanghai
1937
when and what was Bloody Saturday
August 1937, Chinese accidentally bomb Shanghai
by when had the Japanese moved up the Yangzi and to Nanjjing
1937 December- Nanjing fell in 1938 January
When + what was the Hundred Regiments Offensive
What was the CCP death toll
Offensive against the Japanese, launched in August 1940
22,000 CCP deaths Vs 4000 J
what is launched in response to the hundred regiments offensive
JAPAN= Three Alls (burn all, kill all, loot all)
when did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
7th December 1941
examples of American aid in the Sino-Japanese war
- repealed Chinese Exclusion act in 1943 (to do with immigration)
-USA bomb Japan
-American advisors help train the NRA
when was the Ichi-Go Offensive and what areas of China were captured by the Japanese
1944, Japan take Changsha and have the intent of taking US airbases in Southern China
Issues with Chiang Kai-Shek and the US regarding the Ichigo Offensive
Chiang refuses to move troops that were blocking Yan’an
when were the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
6th and 9th of August, 1945
what battle did Li Zhongren direct in 1938, and what does Chiang Kai-Shek do in response to this
The Battle of Taierzhuang, Xuzhou
places a spy in Li Zhongren’s quarters (shows suspicion)
when was the breaking of the Yellow River Dam
June 1938, ordered by Chiang Kai-Shek
how much land was flooded by the Yellow River Breakage
1.4 million acres flooded
when did the GMD attack the CCP Fourth Army and what did CKS do after
1941, forms a perimeter around CCP base
When did Hurley attempt to mediate a coalition government and joint military
1944, CKS refused
When was the Allied conference in Cairo and what happened
NOV 1943, Once Japan defeated, Manuchria and Taiwan would be returned to China
When was the Allied conference in Yalta and what happened
GMD not invited, USA said that if the USSR join the war they can have rights in Manchuria
when was the Sino-Soviet friendship treaty and what was it
1945, USSR recognise GMD government
