Chinese Soldier vs Japanese Soldier

China 1937–38

Benjamin Lai author Johnny Shumate illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:18th Oct '18

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Chinese Soldier vs Japanese Soldier cover

This fully illustrated study pits Chinese ground forces against the Imperial Japanese Army in three bloody battles at the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

In July 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident sparked a bloody conflict between Chinese and Japanese forces that would rage across China and beyond for more than eight years. The two sides’ forces brought very different strengths and limitations to the conflict. In 1937 China was divided into factions, each controlled by warlords with independent forces, and there was no unified Chinese army. In order to fight the Japanese Chiang Kai-shek, the nominal leader of Nationalist China, was compelled to do deals with these regional powers. For their part, the Japanese employed ground forces broadly comparable to those fielded by Western powers, including modern artillery and tanks. Featuring specially commissioned artwork and drawing upon an array of sources, this study investigates the origins, training, doctrine and armament of the Chinese and Japanese forces who fought in the opening stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

ISBN: 9781472828200

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 266g

80 pages