HIST 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Santa Barbara City College, National Revolutionary Army, Soong Mei-Ling
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The world at war: japanese planes sunk more than 100 american ships anchored at pearl harbor, Hawaii on december 7, 1941: the second world war (1939 1945) was already raging in europe, and the. Japanese army had fought in china for ten years: the pearl harbor attack took the united states into world war ii, suddenly, japan had a common enemy, the united states and. China: the chinese-american group strongly supported a war effort by the. Many chinese americans had given their lives fighting for the u. s. In 1943, the wife of the president, meiling soong, who was known to the world as. In madame chiang kai-shek, americans saw a woman with immense beauty and grace: she put on stylish clothes and gave interesting, moving speeches in english, to many americans, including those who were chinese and those who were not, She soon became a national hero: the views of the american people towards the chinese had shifted.
