second sino-japanese war

Prologue Taken from "Soviets & Fascists Clash in Manchuria" an article published in the MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, June 1954. PEKING - Chinese officials continue to condemn 'brazen acts of communist aggression' following the reinforcement of Zhenbao Island with tanks and rockets by the Red Army last...

A great deal of ink has been expended regarding the unpreparedness and inefficiency of the Nationalist Chinese Revolutionary Army in the years leading up to 1937. So with as late a POD as possible let’s maximise the Chinese Revolutionary Army in the run-up to WW2. Of course a lot of why the...

If they Chinese Communists had somehow managed to achieve total victor and crush the KMT and the warlords before before 1937, is there anything they could have done to strengthen China so it could do better against Japan? Not necessarily defeat them, but at least lose less territory? I highly...

Surrender Is Death! 投降就是死亡！ Tóuxiáng jiùshì sǐwáng! An Alternate WW2 Sino Japanese War TL Flag of the Republic of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek Author's Note: Surrender is Death is an alternate history scenario that primarily takes place in an alternate version of the Second Sino...

In October of 1938 the IJA's 21st Army under General Rikichi Andō* was conducting the Canton Operation aimed at capturing Guangzhou and isolating the British Colony of Hong Kong. However, on his own initiative General Rikichi Andō ordered his men to occupy Hong Kong. The brutal invasion prompted...

So as far as I understand, China was barely holding on for the first half of the second Sino-Japanese War, and even in the second half they were not really pushing the japanese out, with operation Ichi-Go being a defeat for China and losing lots og territory. My question would be, what is the...

In many timelines you have the nationalists win the chinese civil wardue to 1945 going differently. For example not having america airlift nationalist troops into soviet occupied manchuria to be envircled by the chinese communists. This is what happened in "decisive darkness" I think. Could the...

So I did this with Italy a few weeks ago and wanted to have a try with another Axis Power. Basically, what would be some of the worst mistakes that Japan could make throughout the war? Mostly talking about the Second Sino-Japanese War, but you can discuss Pacific War too. Extra points for...

In a scenario where the Zhili Clique took over China (at least to the same degree the Nationalist Government did after the Northern Expedition), what would China look like? How would the Zhili Clique run China? Would it be a one-party state like the Nationalist Government was or would the Zhili...

Did Japan have any chance of destroying chinese resistance during the second Sino-Japanese war or were they doomed to lose the war? If that is impossible, could a more modetate government come to power through coup d'etat in Japan and offer peace to the chinese with modetate demands/white peace?

Hi everyone! My general interest falls into military history and equipment, and my main focus is the Second Sino-Japanese War. I've been wondering about this scenario for some time now, and hope that others can help answer it. Say that the Burma Road was kept open in an AH scenario, and the...

Here's something I thought about: if Ichi-go never occurs, Imperial Japan is much more well prepared for the Soviet Invasion of Manchuria. If this occurs, then when Japan surrenders, the Soviets do not have all of Manchuria and North Korea as in OTL, the Soviets only have very small pieces of...

Is it possible for the chinese to fare better in their war against Japan in the late 1930's, maybe through a reverse outcome at the Battle of Shanghai or Wuhan? How much territory could the chinese retain against the japanese before WW2 commences?