SINO-JAPANESE AIR WAR 1937-1945 by Hakan Gustavsson ( 9781781555361 )

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Title:

SINO-JAPANESE AIR WAR 1937-1945
THE LONGEST STRUGGLE

By:

Hakan Gustavsson

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1781555362

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9781781555361

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Publisher:

FONTHILL MEDIA

Pub. date:

21 July, 2016

Pages:

224

Description:

The Sino-Japanese war was the longest struggle of the Second World War. It started in July 1937 and not getting much help from the outside world, the Chinese soon closed a treaty with the Soviet Union to receive armament including a large number of aircraft. Everything was to change with Pearl Harbor, but the struggle continued until August 1945.

Synopsis:

The Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945 was the longest struggle of the Second World War. It started with the Japanese aggression in July 1937 and soon accelerated into a full-scale war with the Chinese Kuomintang government. The Chinese Air Force was to suffer large losses during the whole conflict with Japan. During the first weeks of the war the Chinese lost almost all of their medium bombers. This was a pattern that would be repeated again and again. Not getting much help from the outside world, the Kuomintang government, led by Chiang Kai-shek, soon closed a un-holy treaty with the communistic Soviet Union to receive armament including a large number of aircraft and Soviet volunteers to fly some of them. This difficult relation with the Soviet Union lasted until 1941, when the USA became the main supplier of armament to China, which included the short-lived but famous US voluntary group called the Flying Tigers. Everything was to change with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, but the struggle was to continue until the end of the war in August 1945.

Illustrations:

29 black and white photographs

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Fonthill Media

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