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