Century-of-Change-China-exhibit-catalog-1911-to-2011
Century-of-Change-China-exhibit-catalog-1911-to-2011
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The Sino-Japanese War and the Second United Front<br />
refugeeS, august 1937<br />
randall Chase gould papers, hoover institution archives<br />
日本侵略上海引發逃亡潮<br />
Japanese troops entered nanjing on december 13 <strong>to</strong> unleash, on soldiers and civilians alike, a s<strong>to</strong>rm <strong>of</strong> violence<br />
and cruelty resulting in more than 200,000 deaths. foreign observers at the time estimated female rape victims at<br />
20,000, with many dying after repeated assaults. robbery, wan<strong>to</strong>n destruction, and arson left the city in ruins.<br />
as part <strong>of</strong> the tens <strong>of</strong> millions <strong>of</strong> Chinese fleeing for their lives, refugees streamed in and out <strong>of</strong> Shanghai in the wake<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Japanese invasion in august 1937. during the first months <strong>of</strong> the invasion, the Japanese appeared <strong>to</strong> be a<br />
military juggernaut, but by mid-1938 their momentum had slowed and the war became a stalemate.<br />
ChineSe MiLitarY and poLitiCaL LeaderS united againSt JapaneSe aggreSSion, undated<br />
Joseph warren Stilwell papers, hoover institution archives<br />
抗戰初期全中國軍政領袖政治畫報<br />
the Chinese leaders in the poster include both nationalists and Communists.<br />
對日抗戰與第二次國共合作<br />
74 Hoover Institution<br />
A <strong>Century</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Change</strong>: <strong>China</strong> <strong>1911</strong>–<strong>2011</strong><br />
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