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August 14 — The signing of Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between the Republic of China and Soviet Union. August 13–28 — Southern Jiangsu Campaign. August 15–23 — Battle of Baoying in Jiangsu. August 16–19 — Battle of Yongjiazhen in Anhui. August 17 — Battle of Tianmen in Hubei. August 24 — Battle of Wuhe in Anhui.
Map 18; Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, China 1:250,000, Series L500, U.S. Army Map Service, 1954- . Topographic Maps of China during the Second World War. These two maps cover the area where most of the fighting went on in the Guangxi campaign: Lai-Pin nf49-1, has the Kunlun Pass just above where the road from Nanning enters the map:
Map 19, from Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed. ,1971. Lower half of map 19 showing the Winter offensive 1939-1940 in Central and South China from Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed. ,1971.
However, China lost four provinces with the establishment of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria. After the defeat of Japan in World War II in 1945, China re-incorporated Manchuria as 10 provinces, and assumed control of Taiwan as a province. As a result, the Republic of China in 1946 had 35 provinces.
1941 in China. 2 languages ... 1945; 1946; Decades: 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; See also: Other events of 1941 History of China • Timeline • Years: Events ...
China suffered from famines during the war caused by drought affected both China and India, Chinese famine of 1942–43 in Henan that led to starvation deaths of 2 to 3 million people, Guangdong famine caused more than 3 million people to flee or die, and the 1943–1945 Indian famine in Bengal that killed about 3 million Indians in Bengal and ...
In 1945, at the end of World War II, the Empire of Japan surrendered control of Taiwan and its island groups to the Allies; and Taiwan was placed under the Republic of China's administrative control. The communist takeover of mainland China in 1949, after the Chinese Civil War, left the ruling Kuomintang with control over only Taiwan, Penghu ...
The Second Guangxi campaign (Chinese: 桂柳反攻作戰) was a three-front Chinese counter offensive to retake the last major Japanese stronghold in Guangxi province, South China during April–August 1945.