Soldiers of the white sun
Subtitle: the Chinese Army at war, 1931-1949
By: Philip Jowett
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Atglen, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780764339561
Subjects: Military History; China; China. Lu jun; Soldiers; Pictorial works; History
Other titles: Chinese Army at war, 1931-1949
Description: "The Chinese Nationalist Army was at war almost continuously from 1931 until 1949 fighting first against the invading Japanese Imperial Army until 1945. This was followed by a four year civil war in which the Nationalist Army fought the Chinese Communists until its final defeat in 1949. Millions of Chinese soldiers fought and died during this eighteen years of conflict and their sacrifice has been largely overshadowed by the events of the Second World War. This new book presents in a large number of period images the history of the Chinese Nationalist Army and its campaigns."--Publisher's website.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: China at war: chronology, 1928-1949; title: Manchuria, 1931-1932; title: Battle for Shanghai, January-March 1932; title: Japanese invasion of Jehol, 1933; title: Civil conflicts, 1933-1936; title: The outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war, 1937; title: The Battle for Shanghai, August-October 1937; title: China's agony continues, October-December 1937; title: China's continued resistance, 1938-1941; title: The Chinese Army in Burma, 1942; title: China at war, 1942-1943; title: Allied training centres: Ramgarh and Yunnan, 1942-1943; title: Western China, 1943-1944; title: The Burmese Front, 1944-1945; title: The Chinese homefront , 1944-1945; title: U.S. training of Chinese specialist troops, 1944-1945; title: The surrender of Imperial Japanese forces in China, September 1945; title: Civil War, 1946-1949; title: Chinese Army uniforms, equipment, and weaponry, 1931-1949.