Chinese

Gunner · Mar 31, 2021

Chinese is interesting.
I suppose if you've never seen one before they don't want you to shoot it down thinking everything in the air is Japanese(?).

chiquichops · Mar 31, 2021

@Gnarly , it is a bit of a socks and sandals situation!

Zeke_21 · Apr 1, 2021

Amazing a small nation like Japan could do what it did to a larger more populous nation like China, but not surprised given the dis-unity, infighting, political tit for tat and backstabbing that took place in China at the time.

Corruption was also a big problem.

The eastern front tied down most of the German army. Some of the best divisions were there as was much of the best equipment. Canâ€™t imagine what D-day and afterwards would have looked like if so much of the German war machine wasnâ€™t in Russia.

China was similar case. A good part of the Japanese war machine was tied up in China. While some of the bloody island battles probably wouldnâ€™t have changed-you can only put so many troops on a small atoll, some of the other battles probably would have been more intense.

Louis · Apr 18, 2021

Chinese soldier shows a mustard gas canister employed by the Japanese during the Battle of Changde. Hunan Province, 17 Dec 1943.

Louis · Oct 25, 2021

Chinese communist troops with MP 18 sub-machine guns, Shaanxi Province, China, 1944.

Louis · Oct 26, 2023

Wounded chinese troops receiving first aid in Tengchong, China, 1944.

Louis · Mar 5, 2025

A Vultee P-66 Vanguard, in service for the Chinese Air Force, India ,1942.

Gunner · Mar 5, 2025

Had to look it up...

"The Vultee P-66 Vanguard was a United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft. It was initially ordered by Sweden, but by the time the aircraft were ready for delivery in 1941, the United States would not allow them to be exported, designating them as P-66s and retaining them for defensive and training purposes. Eventually, a large number were sent to China where they were pressed into service as combat aircraft with mixed results."