CAS IR 349 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Soong Mei-Ling, Claire Lee Chennault
16 Nov 2017
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Lecture 19: the pacific region in the 1930s. Sources of japanese militarism: emperor worship, his majesty hirohito. Japanese naval power: the marco polo bridge (july 7, 1937, located 16km (10 miles) southwest of beijing, the marco polo bridge is known for the. Marco polo bridge incident, when japan attacked and occupied beijing, forcing china"s entry into world war ii. Chinese civilians as well as soldiers: aside from killing civilians, japanese soldiers raped over 20,000 women. In this sanctuary of the north, remote mountains and difficult terrain, they regrouped and launched new offensives: the long march was the making of mao, by the end he had been elected chairman of the party. American efforts to contain japanese expansion: the flying tigers , claire lee chennault. Boy, if the chinese only had 100 good pursuit planes and 100 fair pilots, they"d exterminate the jap air force! : that boast--made in september 1937--turned out to be a prescription for the american.
