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Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese political and military leader
During the rape of Nanking or the 'Nanking massacre" thousands of soldiers from the Imperial Japanese Army murdered hundreds of thousands of Chinas citizens and their unarmed soldiers as well. On an unknown August date in 1937 the Japanese Army had attacked and attained Shanghai, but the war was costly for the Chinese and the Japanese so in order not to continue the war, the General Staff headquarters in Tokyo decided not to fight. Although just months later, the headquarters ordered the Central China Area Army and the 10th Army to capture Nanking, and to continue their invasion of China, they then decided to invade the Republic of China.
After the lost battle of Shanghai, Chinese military leader Chiang Kai-shek knew it would not be long before the Japanese came to take over Nanking. In order to preserve his troops for future wars, he took some men out of the hopeless battle in defending the Chinese capital city. Chiang had decided to follow the advice of some German advisers and go into a war of attrition. The Chinese planned to bring the Japanese deep into Chinese country and slowly wear them down until they lost the war. Chiang left Nanking and took his advisers and headed for Wuhan, the capital for the Republic of China. Left in charge of the battle for the Chinese city, general Tang Shengzhi gathered 100,000 soldiers, many of them untrained but he sent his defense troops to put up blockades, destroy boats and burn nearby villages. His plan soon failed and the Japanese invaded Nanking. Not so long after the invasion of Nanking the Japanese travelled to the Republic of China, which they also invaded successfully.
After the lost battle of Shanghai, Chinese military leader Chiang Kai-shek knew it would not be long before the Japanese came to take over Nanking. In order to preserve his troops for future wars, he took some men out of the hopeless battle in defending the Chinese capital city. Chiang had decided to follow the advice of some German advisers and go into a war of attrition. The Chinese planned to bring the Japanese deep into Chinese country and slowly wear them down until they lost the war. Chiang left Nanking and took his advisers and headed for Wuhan, the capital for the Republic of China. Left in charge of the battle for the Chinese city, general Tang Shengzhi gathered 100,000 soldiers, many of them untrained but he sent his defense troops to put up blockades, destroy boats and burn nearby villages. His plan soon failed and the Japanese invaded Nanking. Not so long after the invasion of Nanking the Japanese travelled to the Republic of China, which they also invaded successfully.
Soliders of The Imperial Japanese Army
The Imperial Japanese Army was the official ground based military of Imperial Japan from 1871 to 1945, the army had 6,095,000 men at its height and were controlled by the Imperial Army general Staff Office and the Ministry of War.