History 175 (2008)
Lecture # 8

War of Japanese Resistance & the Nanjing Massacre


IDs:  Rape of Nanjing
         Lugouqiao "Marco Polo" Bridge Incident
         Nanjing Safety Zone
         Wang Jingwei

         Dixie Mission


I. Defending China
     A. Japanese Encroachment
           - 1895
           - 1905
           - 1915
           - 1928
           - 1932

     B. China's Stance
          1. Chinese popular fury
          2. "Trading Land for Time"
          3. Chiang's popularity
               - Time Magazine's "Man and Women of the Year"
               - Soong Mei-ling (Mme. Chiang)

     C. Japan's Stance
          1. Rise of Japanese Militarists
          2. Coup of February 26, 1936
               - Imperial Way Faction (Kodo ha)
               - Control Faction (Tosei ha)

II. Anti-Japanese War (Kangri Zhan)
     A. Who Started it?
          1. Xian Pact
          2. Marco Polo Bridge Incident
          3. Japanese "objections"

     B. Defending "China"
          1. Battle of Shanghai
          2. Battle of Nanjing
               - Rape of Nanking
          3. Retreat to Chongqing
          4. Guomindang - CCP friction
          5. Foreign Support
               - Mme Chiang in US
               - Cairo and Yalta

III. Negotiating the Return of China
          1. Dixie Mission
          2. Major-General Patrick J. Hurley