HIS102Y1 Lecture : Chapter 20.docx
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Chapter 20 the second world war in asia. Japanese response to chinese bombing of japanese ships: bomb shanghai. After three months, shanghai falls to the japanese (november 1937) Japanese drop leaflet promising good treatment for civilians if they surrender. Japanese go on killing campaign for 7 weeks. Estimates of civilian casualties controversial; official chinese government number is. Chiang kai-shek"s wife fluent in english, helps increase sympathy for chinese in. A lot of sympathy for chinese in international media. Americans send a lot of money to chiang, but money disappearing due to corruption. Red army (eighth route army, 18th group army) Mobilized rural population to wage guerilla warfare. Peasants treated much better than under chiang. Communists doing much better job of getting rural support than chiang. Chiang feels he doesn"t need communist support any more. Nationalists attack communist troops for failing to comply with orders rapidly enough.
