CHINA/DEFENCE: China and it's leaders struggle to overcome effects of WWII

Record ID: 574743

  • Title: CHINA/DEFENCE: China and it's leaders struggle to overcome effects of WWII
  • Date: 27th January 1949
  • Summary: Gaumont British Indent SLATE INFORMATION: China's Struggle CHINA: EXT Japanese airplanes bomb Republic of China (ROC) in 1937 under the government of Chiang Kai-shek (Chairman of National Military Council and Republic of China 1928-1948). China struggles to recover, improves after talks with Britain and the USA. Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister) and Franklin Roosevelt (FDR, American President) shown. Internal struggles after the retirement of Chiang Kai-shek and rise of Mao Tse-tung (leader of Communist Party and People's Republic of China 1949-1976). CPC, CRC, Mao Zedong, Chinese, 1940s, 1940's, nineteen forties.
  • Embargoed: 11th February 1949 12:00
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  • Location: China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVAC50X0N6ZBR5JRNI9TIQP0RXFD
  • Story Text: Overview of Japanese attacks on China during World War Two and actions taken by Chiang Kai-shek to recover.
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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