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China and Japan at War 1937 - 1945 (ePub)

Military WWII

By Philip Jowett
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
File Size: 16.9 MB (.epub)
Pages: 160
Illustrations: 200
ISBN: 9781473874411
Published: 9th March 2016

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The 1937-1945 war between China and Japan was one of the most bitter conflicts of the twentieth century. It was a struggle between the two dominant peoples of Asia. Millions of soldiers fought on each side and millions of soldiers and civilians died. Philip Jowett's book is one of the first photographic histories of this devastating confrontation.
Using a selection of almost 200 historic photographs, he traces the course of the entire war – from the Japanese invasion and the retreat of the Chinese armies and their refusal to surrender, to the involvement of the Americans and the eventual Japanese defeat in 1945.
His graphic account is an absorbing introduction this often-neglected theatre of the Second World War. The images show the armies on all sides and the weaponry and equipment they used. But they also record the experience of the troops, Chinese and Japanese, and of the Chinese civilians who suffered terribly through eight years of war.

The pictures are well chosen, and show all three of the major armies in some detail (Nationalist, Communist, Japanese), as well has having some pictures of the various puppet armies that fought for the Japanese. The captions are informative (not always the case in photo books!), with good details on what we are seeing, and what it says about the course of the war at that time. The result is a valuable introduction to this brutal conflict.

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History of War

The brutal war in China is often neglected by both historians and wargamers in the west, yet the author has provided an absorbing yet graphic account of this conflict that ravaged China.

Irregular magazine, Spring 2020

This photo book contains many pictures of the long struggle between these two nations. Included are detailed captions and chapter introductions.

Military Heritage, May 2017 - reviewed by Chrisopher Miskimon

Jowett, a military historian, collects about 200 rare photos from the Sino-Japanese War between 1937 and 1945, from the Japanese invasion and retreat of the Chinese armies and their refusal to surrender, to the involvement of the US and eventual Japanese defeat during World War II. The photos depict armies on all sides, weaponry and equipment, and the experiences of troops and civilians.

Protoview

The war between China and Japan was one of the most bitter conflicts of the 20th century: a struggle between the two dominant people of Asia. Millions fought on both sides and millions of soldiers and civilians died. The many photographs are coupled with an informative and well written narrative of the conflict and provides an absorbing introduction to this often neglected theatre of war.

Excellent history 9/10

The Great War Magazine, September 2016

'A chronological chapter-by-chapter structure of concise narrative summary provides a healthy and informative balance to the mass of images.'

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SCHOPENHAUER'S WORKSHOP - Christopher Pflueger

About Philip Jowett

Philip Jowett has been writing military history since 1997. He has published many books on the armies of Asia in the first half of the twentieth century, and has made a special study of the armies of China. He has also published on the Russo-Japanese War, the Mexican revolution and the Italian and Japanese armies of the Second World War. His most recent books are China and Japan at War 1937-1945, Chiang Kai-shek versus Mao Tse-tung: The Battle for China 1946-1949, Japan Triumphant: The Far East Campaign 1941-1942 and The Battle for Burma 1942-1945.

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