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At its height, Germany accounted for 17% of China's foreign trade and China was the largest trade partner for German businesses in Asia. [19] [20] Stahlhelm-wearing Chinese soldiers firing a Pak 36 anti-tank gun. Germany sent military advisers such as Alexander von Falkenhausen to China to help the KMT government reform its armed forces. [11]
In 1930, Falkenhausen retired from the service. In 1934, he went to China to join the German military advisors to the Chinese army. He became military advisor to Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Republic of China. [5] Von Falkenhausen was responsible for most of the military training of the army.
The German trained divisions (Chinese: 德械師, literally German-equipped divisions) were the elite-quality, best trained and equipped infantry divisions in the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army trained under Sino-German cooperation from 1926 to 1941. Led by Chiang Kai-shek, the President of the Republic of China.
In October 1933, Seeckt arrived in China to head the German military mission. [83] At the time of his arrival, Sino-German relations were in a bad state owing to the racial arrogance of the Germans, and Chiang was considering firing the Germans and bringing in a French military mission. [83]
Two German navy ships sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in over 20 years. China criticized the move, saying it condemned excuses for violating Chinese sovereignty.
The 87th Division was a German-trained and reorganized division in the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army, which was active during the Second Sino-Japanese War. As one of Chiang Kai-shek 's elite divisions that received training from German instructors as part of a program of reorganizing the Chinese army, it and its sister 88th ...
A German Navy frigate set sail on Thursday toward the Red Sea, where Berlin plans to have it take part in a European Union mission to help defend cargo ships from atttacks by Yemen's Iranian ...
And an assistant to a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament was arrested on suspicion of spying for China. Three weeks ago, Germany said it will bar the use of critical ...