 Text search
 Related images
 HistoryWorld
 Link
 Map
Click the icons to visit linked content. Hover to see the search terms. |
|  |
| | | | | | | |
|
| 1937 |
| | | The Japanese use an incident at the Marco Polo Bridge, near Beijing, as the pretext for an attack on China | |
| |
|
| 1937 |
| | | Japanese troops occupy Beijing – at the start of eight years of continuous war between China and Japan | |
| |
|
| 1937 |
| | | The Japanese capture the Chinese capital, Nanjing, and massacre at least 300,000 inhabitants within a few weeks | |
| |
|
| 1941 December 25 |
| | | Hong Kong surrenders to an invading Japanese force | |
| |
|
| 1942 February |
| | | Joseph Stilwell is appointed to head the US military mission to Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) | |
| |
|
| 1943 March 20 |
| | | Mao Zedong becomes official leader of the Chinese Communist Party, as the elected Chairman of the Central Committee and the Politburo | |
| |
|
| 1949 |
| | | Defeated by the Communists, Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) resigns before the final collapse of his regime | |
| |
|
| 1949 |
| | | Mao Zedong, standing on the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing, proclaims the new People's Republic of China | |
| |
|
| 1949 |
| | | Mao Zedong's long-standing ally Zhou Enlai heads both the home and foreign departments of the new republic | |
| |
|
| 1949 |
| | | Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) sets up a new Republic of China in Taiwan, vowing to recapture the rest of the nation in due course | |
| |
|
| | | | | |
| |