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"Hundred thousand young men, hundread thousand army" - the
Republic of China mobilized her human resources for the anti-Japanese war
of Resistance. |
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Wide-Sword Squad, a unit in many Chinese troops in the early
stage of the war when China had very little modern weapons or military
equipments. The spirits of sacrifice of the Wide-Sword Squad motivated
millions of Chinese young men to join the Anti-Japanese War of Resistance. |
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This brave Chinese soldier proudly displayed the arms he and
his comrade-in-arms captured from the defeated IJA. |
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Madam Chiang, the First Lady of China, helped to treat
wounded soldier. Madam Chiang was educated in the US, and was a great
friend of the American people. She was successful in promoting to the
American people the Chinese people's heroic War of Resistance, which
generated huge support for Chinese people. |
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| Painting above: September
9, 1945, in Nanjing (Nanking), China, General Yasuji Okamura,
Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in China,
submitted surrender document to General Ho Ying-ch'in,
Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army. World War II officially
ended with the victory of United Kingdom,
United States, China, and Soviet Union – the four allies or the
Four Powers. [Note
the flags of the Four Powers on the central background] |
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Japanese surrender ceremony in Beijing (Northern China
Theater). Note the flags of China, US, UK, and USSR on the background. |
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Saluting the national flag on the ceremony. Note some American
military personnel on the right of the photo. |
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The file of Japanese military commanders to surrender to the
Allies. (Beijing, 1945) |
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Japanese military officers surrender their swords as a
symbol of surrender and disarmament. |
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Saluting after the Japanese surrender of weapons. Note the
Japanese swords on the table.
[Note the big Chinese flag on the background. This is the flag of the
Republic of China, or "Nationalist China", as opposed the
"Communist China" who defeated the Nationalist China in 1949.
The Nationalist China retreated to the Chinese island province of Taiwan
and ruled the island since then. It is sad that one of the winners of the
WWII is now itself divided into two parts, due to a civil war that broke
just one year after the Japanese surrender. All
Chinese around the world want to see China reunified, on basis of
freedom and democracy, under the spirits of Chinese cultural tradition]
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