China 1644 - 1948

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In 1940s China, two parties were fighting for power. On one side was the ruling nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party, led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. On the other was the opposing Chinese Communist Party (CCP), led by Mao Zedong.  During the Second World War, both parties banded together to fight off Japanese occupation. However, after the […]

The Japanese militarists became obsessed with the idea of controlling Chin. It was een as vital to th Japanese economy. How to seuze and administer such a large country, however, was nevr fully worked out. attempted to set up Quizling governments before the term had become had become nortorious. Japan after the initial 1937-38 campaign refused to recognize Chiang as the attempt to create splits in the KMT. The Japanese political strategy in China was to undermine the KMT by setting up a number of regional puppet goverments. This was the approach taken in Manchuko where the former Emperor, PuYi was installed. The Japanese planned that by controlling these regional satrapies that they could control and exploit China. The Japanese id uceed in exploiting Manchuko as they did Korea, but China proved different, in part because the Imperial Japanese army proved incapable of fighting the war to a conclusion and defeating the Nationalists. And the occupation instead of producing benefits to the Japanese economy proved very costly and a drain on the economy. The Japanese could defeat Nationalist armies, but were unable to effectively occupy the areas won. Even in occupied areas, the countryside was not secure. And the Japanse found themselves in a Catch-22. They did not have a large enough forces to occupy the areas they conquered, let along the whole country. They could strengthen a garrison to improve security, but the benefits gained were negated by the added costs of supporting the expanded garison. The Japanese formed collaborationist units, but they to had to be paid, equipped, and fed. Food proved a major problem. The Japanese had the military firce toeize food from the peasantry and they did so. More Chinese wouk die from starvation and diseases related to malnutrition than as a result of military action. But this in returned increase anti-Japanese feeling and the will to resist the invaders. The Japanese exoloitation of China provd so unpriftable that the mikitary turned to drug traficking. In the end the Japanese policy for controlling China was brutality, best exmplified by the Three Alls. And as part of this policy the Japanese resorted to Weapons of Nas Destructyion, bith chenical and bilogical weapons. With photos and text.

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