Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism. This is an intriguing look at the political struggle between Chiang Kai-shek Nationalists and Mao Tse-tung (Zedong) Communists in the waning years of World War Two and the rebuilding years which followed. Chinese Civil War. War of Liberation
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
Montage of a US bomber being filled with supplies meant to support China's war effort against imperialist Japan. MS's of ragtag Chinese soldiers marching along a hilly path.
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
Brigadier General Frank Dorn tells story about 1947 tour in China. (A visiting American General from Washington asked me if he could see some Chinese troops marching on the road.) So we drove out, and the first thing we saw of course, was that the majority - big majority of the men had dogs of one kind or description, size - anything that they could have stolen along the way - on ropes, on leashes, on anything. And he smiled and he said - here they are the GIs the world over, they all love dogs. And I said yes, they certainly love these. And he wanted to know what I meant by that. And I said well this is their rations, when they run out of rice and other food, the dogs go into the cook pots.
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
MS's of US Commanding Officer Joseph Stilwell inspecting and training Chinese troops.
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
MS's of Chiang Kai-shek inspecting Nationalist troops.
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
Busy Hong Kong streets: peasants walk with sellable goods, set up small cooking booths, descend grand steps, etc.
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
Meeting of Churchill, FDR and Chiang Kai-shek
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
Great montage of Communist Chinese in political training: Mao Tse-tung (Zedong) at remote retreat. Mao Tse-tung (Zedong) writing at desk
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
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Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
MS's of men sitting on ground and scribbling in notebooks. Chinese Communist Revolution.
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
Colonel David Barrett speaking about China in 1945. (They emphasized that they had to give the troops political training because the political consciousness of the peasants who made up the Chinese Communist armies were very low. Therefore they said we have to give them political training.) I told them, I said in the United States Army we look with disfavor on giving political training. We think we should devote our whole time to military training. Well, they said, that is not the case in our army because we consider military training (and political training as equally important and one cannot be neglected for the other.)
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
MS's of Communist men speaking at rallies. Chinese Communist Revolution.
Post War China: Nationalism vs. Communism
Theodore White, journalist, recalling experiences in China. I went with a group of Chinese Nationalist guerillas who were organizing resistance behind the Japanese lines. And there was a young Nationalist Lieutenant and two horsemen and myself, we traveled behind the Japanese lines for tow or three days. Then the Japanese flushed us and we ran like mad. They chased us all day and by the time we arrived in mountain village at night, the horses were completely worn out, saddle galled and their flanks heaving. And we were just as tired and just as scared. And we asked the villagers to give us water and fodder for our horses. And I the young Chinese officer say in Chinese We are of the 8th Route Army. And I said to him, we re Nationalists, not 8th Route Army guerillas. And he said, shut up. If we tell them we re Nationalists they won t feed our horses or water them. It was the first sense I d ever had of the political grip the Communists had acquired on the minds and the hearts of the people in the occupied areas.