. . . . . . "a war with China" . . . "China Defensive Campaign" . . "anti-Japanese war" . "Japan had already invaded China in 1937" . "(1932\u20131945)" . . . "tensions between the Chinese and Japanese" . . . . . . "aggressive" . . . . "Official PRC data:" . . . . . "war in Asia" . . . . "post-war" . . . . . "the anti-Japanese War" . . . "War of Resistance" . "invasion of China by Japan in 1937" . . . . "Japanese invasion in 1937" . "invasion and occupation" . . . "Chinese Nationalists:" . . "fighting" . . "large scale invasion of China" . . . . . . . . "war against Japanese occupation" . . . . . . "renewed conflict" . . "conflict with Japan" . . . . . . . "*Communist Party" . . "actions in China" . "Japan's second invasion of China" . . . "3,800,000\u201310,600,000+ military casualties after July 1937 (excluding Manchuria andBurma campaign)" . . . . . "Total: 3,211,000\u201310,000,000+ military casualties" . "war zone in China" . . "Imperial Japanese Army actions in China" . . . . . . . . . . "Second Sino-Japanese War#Oil embargo (Sino-Japanese War)" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sino-Japanese War-WWII" . . . . . . . . . "anti-Japanese" . . . "1937\u20131945" . . "Japanese invasion in mainland China" . . "Second Sino-Japanese War (1937\u20131945)" . . . . "its war with Japan" . "Japanese China" . . . . . . . . . "World War II era" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Chinese-Japanese war" . . "Japan's \\\"holy war\\\" in China" . . . . . . . . . "unpredictable forces of history" . . . . . . . . . "war-torn" . . . . "the start of full-scale military operations between China and Japan" . "Japanese invasion and occupation of large parts of China" . . . "2,600,000 (1939)" . . "Chinese Theater" . "1,200,000 (1945)" . "Sino-Japanese hostilities of 1937 and 1938" . . . . . . . . . "Japanese invasion and occupation of China" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "war between Japan and China in July 1937" . "Second Sino-Japanese War" . . "*Nationalist Party" . . "Chiang Kai-shek against Japan" . . . . . . . . . "Chinese struggle against Japan" . . . . . . . . "Japan's campaigns in China" . . . . . . . . . . . . "occupation of China" . . . . "subjugate China" . . "Japanese actions in China" . . . "Fifteen Year War" . . . . . "Parts of China" . "was invaded by Japanese forces" . "invading China" . . . . . . . "pre-war" . . . . . . . . "Japanese occupation of eastern China" . . . . . "Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)" . "Chinese army" . . . . . . . . "war effort in China" . . . "Fighting an undeclared war against Japan since 7 July 1937" . "the war" . . . "fighting in China" . . "full-scale war against China in 1937" . "(1936\u20131945)" . . . . "at war with China from 1937" . "(1941\u20131945)" . . . . . . . "undeclared war" . "China Offensive Campaign" . "wartime China" . "attacks" . "bloody war against Japan since 1937" . . "the Japanese forces invaded China" . "3,000,000\u20134,000,000+ military dead and missing" . "War of Chinese People against Japanese Aggression" . . . . . . "invading China in the summer of 1937" . . . . . "Japanese aggression" . . "Total:" . . . "Japanese occupation of Shanghai" . . . . . "Sino-Japanese conflict" . . . . . . . . . . . "Japanese occupational forces" . "at war" . "\\\"fourteen year war\\\"" . "Japanese invasion of China in 1937" . . . "war between China and Japan imminent in 1937" . "their war against China" . . . . . . "full-scale war between China and Japan" . . . . . "to China" . "especially the Japanese" . . . . . . . . . . "continuing war" . . . "120,000 missing" . . . . . "all-out invasion" . . . . . . . "full-scale war with Japan" . . . . . . . "invaded China" . . . "the Japanese invasion of China" . . . . . "against the Chinese" . . . . . . . "Chinese resistance to Japanese imperial rule" . "Japanese invasion of Hebei and North China" . . . . . . . . . "Second Sino-Japanese war" . . "87,208 missing" . . . . "Japan in China" . . . . "full-scale invasion of China by Japan" . . . . . . . . . "invasion of China" . . "Official ROC data:" . . . . . "recently seized" . "1937 Japanese invasion of Northeast China" . . . "Japanese had begun full-scale warfare with China" . . "War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression" . . . . . "(1938\u20131940)" . . "invasion of China in 1937" . . . . . . "hostilities between China and Japan" . "looming war in China" . . . . "900,000\u20131,006,086 (1945)" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "446,740 total" . "hostilities" . . . . . . "Japanese-occupied China" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Chinese theatre" . . . . . . . . . . "Sino-Japanese" . . "War of Resistance against the Japanese" . . . . . "China War" . . "Japanese invaders" . . . . . . "human rights abuses in China, 1931\u20131945" . . . . . . . "invasion by the Japanese army" . . . . . . . . . . "Sino-Japanese war" . "second world war" . . . . . . . . "wars in China" . "invaded the country" . "Japan and China in 1937" . . . "war" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "War of Resistance against Japan" . . "second war" . . "Sino-Japanese War II" . . . . . . . . . . . "invasion of China by Japan" . . . "1937 invasion of China" . "* China as one of theBig Four Alliesbecomes permanent member of theUN Security Council" . "Japanese invasion and occupation of Manchuria" . . "Chinese Communists:" . . . . . . . . . . "war against China" . . . . . "Second" . . . . . . . . . "its military campaign in China" . . "Japan's war with China" . . "Total: 584,267 military casualties" . "occupied China" . "War of China's Resistance Against Japan (1937\u20131945)" . "Chinese war effort inside of China" . . . . "war with the Japanese" . . "Japanese imperialist aggression against China in World War II" . . . . . "Defense of China" . . . . "\\\"Holy War\\\" in China" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Japanese invaded China" . . . "166,700 (1938)" . . "Sino-Japanese War in 1937" . . . . . "wartime" . . "contribution to peace and freedom during the Second World War" . . . . . "Second Sino-Japanese War/World War II" . . . . . . . . . . . "invasion" . . . . . . "Reformed Government" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "the Second World War in China" . . . "struggle against Imperial Japan" . . . "Chinese Government" . "northern China" . . "occupied" . "160,603 military dead" . "World War II in China" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)" . . "War of Resistance/WWII" . . . "War of Resistance/World War II" . . "Sino-Japanese hostilities" . . "Chinese cause against Japan" . . . "Japanese invading China" . . "involvement in China" . . "Japanese occupation" . . "occupation" . "war between Japan and China" . . . . . . "the conflict with China" . . . . "Second Sino-Japanese" . "fighting the Japanese" . . . . . . "Battle of China" . . . . . "full hostilities" . . . . . . . . . "Japan invaded China" . "The War of Resistance" . . "Chinese war effort" . . . "War against Japan." . . . . "Second World War" . "Provisional Government" . . "\\\"China Incident\\\"" . . . . . "invaded the rest of China" . . "military conflict" . . . "war against Japan" . . "Japanese invasion of China" . . . . . . . . . "Foreign support:" . . . . "Other estimates:" . . . "most of coastal China" . . . . "Collaborator support:" . . . . . "war became reality" . "full-scale land war with China" . . . "Japanese occupation of China" . . . . . "Sino\u2013Japanese War" . . . . . . "China during World War II" . . . . . . . . . . . "invade China" . "the Japanese Invasion of 1937" . . "War between China and Japan resumed in 1937" . . . . . . "Chinese victory as part of theAlliedvictory in thePacific War" . . . . . . . . . "geo-political situation" . . . . . "future invasion of China" . . . . . . . . . . . "Sino-Japanese War/World War II" . "Sino-Japanese Wars" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Japanese invasion of China between 1937 and 1945" . . . . . "war between China and Japan" . . . . . . . . . . . . "war with Imperial Japan" . . . . . "4,100,000 total" . "tide of invading Japanese" . . . "anti-Japanese resistance" . . . . "China" . . "full-scale Japanese invasion of China" . . . "war with China" . . "(1942\u20131945)" . . . . . "battles of the China proper" . . . "prolonged war with China" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "took over most of China" . . . . . . . . "invade China in July 1937" . . . . . "Chinese Nationalists (includingregional warlordsandcentralized Nationalist Air Force of China):" . . . . "mainland China against Japanese" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "occupied by Japan" . . "Disintegration" . . . . "Japanese:" . . . . . "China Incident" . "invading Japanese" . . . . "Japan invasion" . . "full-scale invasion of China" . . . . . . . "invasion by Japan" . "second Sino-Japanese war" . . "country's war against China" . . . . "China's war effort" . . "conquest of Chinese provinces" . "1937 Japanese invasion of China" . . . . "Mengkiang" . "War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)" . . . . . . . . . . "Japanese controlled area" . . "The Second Sino-Japanese War" . "488,744 (1940)" . . . . . . . "oil embargo" . . . . . . "World War Two in China" . . . . . "Japanese drove the Americans and Chinese from eastern China" . . . "invaded" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "campaign" . . . . . . . "war-torn China" . "China Defensive campaign" . . "North China" . . . . . . . "the war with Japan" . . . "500,000 captured" . . . . . . . . . . . "1,124,900 (1945) (excluding Manchuria andBurma campaign)" . "who were then at war with Japan" . . . "long war with Japan" . . . "full-scale war" . . . "China Offensive" . . . . "War of Resistance Against Japan" . "Japanese" . . "266,800\u20131,000,000 POWs dead" . . . . . "invasion and occupation of parts of China" . . . . . . . . . . "against China" . "conflicts with China" . "600,000 (1937)" . . . . . . "WWII" . . . "resistance against Japanese aggression" . . . . "Japan's undeclared war in China" . . . "5,700,000 (1945)" . . . . "parts of Southern China" . . . . . . "the Japanese Empire was planning to invade China" . "*Consolidation of power for nationalist government, most local warlords annexed by Chinese Central Government" . . . "Total: 3,237,000" . . . "Puppet states and collaborators:" . . . . . "the Sino-Japanese War" . "Imperial Japanese invasion and occupation" . . . . . . "already at war" . . "Japan" . . . . . "Japanese invasion of Manchuria" . . "War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" . . . . "Sino-Japanese War (1937\u20131945)" . . . . . . "Japan's invasion and occupation of parts of China in the late 1930s" . . "1937 invasion" . "wage war on the Chinese mainland" . . "Japanese invasion of China after 1937" . "World War II" . "Second-Sino Japanese War" . "Second Sino-Japanese War-Second World War" . . "expansionism in China" . . "East Hebei" . . . . . "640,000 (1937) (includingPeasantsandEighth Route Army):" . . . . . . . . . . . "fighting against the Japanese" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "China Defensive" . "war-time China" . . . . "Chinese forces" . "the Second Sino-Japanese War" . . . "Japan's war against China" . . . . . "1,700,000 (1937)" . . "Chinese war effort against Japanese Imperialism" . . . . . . . . . "impending war with Japan" . "1937-07-07" . "* Surrender of Japanese forces in mainland China (excludingManchuria),Taiwan, andFrench Indochinanorth of16\u00B0 northto theRepublic of Chinaafter losing territory to China" . . . . . . . . . . "Imperial Japanese invasion of China" . "war against the Japanese" . "Japanese in the war against invasion" . . "Chinese" . "World War 2" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Second Sino-Japanese War." . "1,797,000 wounded" . "Japanese Occupation" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Full-scale war with China" . . "Chinese theater" . "war in China" . . "China theater of operations" . "tying down more than a million Japanese troops" . . . "Chinese Communists:" . . . "conquest of China's coastal areas" . . . . "counter Japanese aggression" . "Japan's invasion of China" . . . . . . "Japanese Invasion of China" . . . . . . "the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937\u20131945)" . . . . "wartime occupation of China" . "Japan invaded" . . . . . . . . . . . . "World War II enmity" . . . . . . . "Central China" . "Sino-Japanese Conflict" . . "War of Resistance-World War II" . "war with Japan" . . . "day of our defence" . . . . . . . "Japanese occupation of much of China" . . . "current fight between Japan and China" . . . . "undeclared war and invasion of China in 1937" . . "Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45)" . . . . . . . "prolonged war" . . . . . . "(1937\u20131940)" . . . . . . . . "recent invasion" . . "290,467 wounded" . . . "1,320,000 killed" . . . . . . . "Japanese-occupied" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "invasion and occupation of China" . . . "the Japanese invasion" . "Japanese Invasion" . . "1,015,000 (1939)" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "take up arms" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sino-Japanese War" . . . "Republic of China" . . "continued participation" . . . "Japanese aircraft" . . "war on China" . . "war against the Japanese Empire" . . . . . . . "full-scale war of conquest in China" . "(1937\u20131941, 1944\u20131945)" . . "14,000,000 total" . . . . . . . . . . "Second Sino-Japanese War" . . . "Japanese Aggression against China" . . "Japanese Army invasion of China" . "1,000,000+ captured" . . "Japanese invaded" . . . . "Anti-Japanese War" . "full-scale, undeclared war" . . . . "the war against Japan" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Chinese or Russian units" . "Sino-Japanese War/WWII" . . "problems in China" . "Japanese looting" . . "Nanjing Government(1940\u20131945)" . . . . . "Chinese War against Japan" . . . "1937\u201345" . . . . . . . . . "* Resumption of theChinese Civil War" . . . "Japan invaded China for the second time" . . . . "war veteran" . . . . . . "Japanese invasion of 1937" . . . "(1935\u20131938)" . . . . . . "eventual showdown with Japan" . . . . . . . "full-scale invasion" . "Anti-Japanese war" . . "Japanese imperial invasion of China" . "outbreak of war" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "invasion of Japanese" . . "Japanese rule" . "its war against Japan" . . . "hostilities of 1937" . . . . "aggression in China" . . . . . . . . . . "expulsion of the Japanese after the Second World War" . . . . . . . . . "Japan invaded China in 1937" . . "three-month campaign" . . "its experience in China" . . . "second Sino-Japanese War" . . . "Recently occupied China" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "War of Resistance-WWII" . . "Republic of China" . "Japanese aggression against China" . . . . . "Japanese invasion" . . . "invasion of Japanese troops in 1944" . . . . . "War" . . . "Japanese occupation forces" . . "45,989 POWs" . "an impending war" . . . . .