Japanese Invasion and Occupation Manchurian Incident 1931 Invasion of China Proper 1937 Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere 1940 Puppet governments “Three Alls” 1942 ( 三光政策 ) Kill, Burn, Loot Japanese Surrender 1945
Japanese Aggression Manchurian Incident 9/18/31 Zhang Xueliang ( ) Manchurian Warlord Xian Incident 1936 Kidnapping of Chiang Kai-shek Second United Front GMD-CCP
Full Scale Invasion Japanese Invasion 7/7/37 ( 七七事變 ) Marco Polo Bridge Incident ( 盧溝橋事變 ) “Rape of Nanjing” December 1937 Puppet Regime 1940 Wang Jingwei ( 汪精衛 )
Shanghai Train Station 1937
Japanese Controlled Territory 1940
Japanese Occupation Three All Campaign, 1942 “kill all, burn all, loot all” Chongqing vs. Yan’an American Assistance to Chiang Kai-shek GMD decline – CCP growth
General Hurley in Yenan 1944 Oklahoma Connection
Wartime Politics GMD post-Pearl Harbor (12/7/41) Rely on US support General Claire Chennault, Flying Tigers General Joseph “Vinegar Joe” Stillwell General Patrick Hurley Conserve forces for post war struggle CCP Guerilla Tactics Emphasize resistance against Japan Expand base areas in North
Generals Stillwell, Chennault, Hurley
Ambassador Hurley 1945
Civil War Marshall Mission 1945 US mediation (George Marshall) GMD dominate Inflation and Corruption CCP offensive Huaihai Campaign Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan 12/49 PLA Huaihai Campaign
People’s Republic of China Established October 1, 1949
People’s Republic of China Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yun Stabilization and Control Land Reform Urban Control