From the War of Japanese Aggression to the Founding of New China

By daniel22378
  • Period: to

    the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext annex Manchuria

  • Outbreak of Total War of Resistance

    Beginning of 1937
    July 7: The Lugou Bridge Incident, Japan attacked under the pretext of missing soldiers, and the Total War of Resistance against Japan broke out.

  • Japan's surrender

    Japan's surrender
    In 1945, the Japanese army's ‘sweep’ of the base areas escalated.
    The Japanese army escalated its ‘sweep’ of the base areas, and the CPC established a solid regime behind enemy lines. 6th and 9th August 1945: Atomic bombs exploded in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. August 15: Japan announced its surrender. September 2: Japan signed the instrument of surrender, which led to the victory in the War of Resistance and the end of World War II.

  • Founding of New China

    Founding of New China
    1949
    23rd April: The People's Liberation Army occupies Nanjing and the Nationalist Government collapses. 1 October: The People's Republic of China is founded and Mao Zedong proclaims at Tiananmen Square that ‘the Chinese people have risen’.