When Tigers Fight: The Story of the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945This narrative history is the story of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). It examines the isssues and partisans that controlled Eastern Asia and eventually influenced its entrance in World War II. |
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Page 59
... tanks and armoured cars , but we could only destroy them because - well , I've got to admit because we didn't know how to drive the damn things . Anyway , we could have done nothing with them . - " They would have been a nuisance : tanks ...
... tanks and armoured cars , but we could only destroy them because - well , I've got to admit because we didn't know how to drive the damn things . Anyway , we could have done nothing with them . - " They would have been a nuisance : tanks ...
Page 95
... tanks , field guns , heavy artillery and large numbers of machine - guns of various sizes . Isogai was supported by a large squadron of aircraft which bombed Xuzhou city and all the bridges and stations along the railway into rubble ...
... tanks , field guns , heavy artillery and large numbers of machine - guns of various sizes . Isogai was supported by a large squadron of aircraft which bombed Xuzhou city and all the bridges and stations along the railway into rubble ...
Page 157
... tanks in a bid for a quick victory . According to Li , when General Tang called at his head- quarters on his way ... tanks roamed freely around this terrain and the Chinese , without anti - tank guns , could not resist them . Outside ...
... tanks in a bid for a quick victory . According to Li , when General Tang called at his head- quarters on his way ... tanks roamed freely around this terrain and the Chinese , without anti - tank guns , could not resist them . Outside ...
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Marco Polo Bridge | 13 |
Shanghai Falls | 30 |
Down to the Yellow River | 49 |
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air force airfields were unsuitable American military attaché artillery battle Beijing bombers bombing enemy supply British Burma campaign captured Wuhan Changsha China Chinese Chinese army Chinese forces Chinese soldiers Chinese troops Chongqing Communist December defence Doihara Eighth Route Army Eleventh Army eventual prime target feudal fighters fighting foreign observer Generalissimo Jiang groups Guangzhou guerrilla guns Guomindang hara-kiri in China Hebei Henan Hengyang Hunan imperialism to China infantry Japan Japanese army Japanese commander Japanese Expeditionary Army Japanese forces Japanese military Japanese soldiers Japanese troops Jiang Jieshi killed Li Zongren lines of communication machine-guns Manchuria Mao Zedong March Meanwhile merely supporting ground miles mountains move Myitkyina Nanjing north China northern numbers occupied offensive operations partisans planes Prince Konoye province puppet soldiers raids from Wuhan railway regiments reinforcements retreat road Shanghai Shanxi Sino-Japanese Stilwell Taierzhuang tanks Tianjin Tokyo told true imperialist colony western Wuhan Xuzhou Yangzi River Yellow River Yichang Zhengzhou