For Roy Grinnell, one of the world’s leading aviation artists, the air war over China in the 1930s and 1940s has been a favorite subject for years. We’re proud to show a small selection of his mastery, depictung duels between Chinese and Japanese planes in the dramatic years when the fate of the Middle Kingdom was…
Among the national anthems of this world, China’s is one of the most stirring, and it’s heard increasingly when the country’s athtletes win at international events or its leaders go abroad on state visits. What is perhaps not generally realized is the anthem’s roots in China’s struggle against Japanese imperialism in the 1930s. The closing…
(The German ‘Fritz’ helmet was a characteristic part of the Chinese uniform in World War Two, especially in the early years of the conflict with Japan. This is the second article of a two-part series on this iconic item. It was first published on this website, run by Alexander and Sons restorations – a great…
(The German ‘Fritz’ helmet was a characteristic part of the Chinese uniform in World War Two, especially in the early years of the conflict with Japan. This is the first of a two-part series on this iconic item. It was first published on this website, run by Alexander and Sons restorations – a great source…
In the previous post, we introduced aviation artist Jim Laurier. With his kind permission, we bring you some more examples of his work, from the China and Pacific theatres of World War II (for many more examples, click here). Above, ‘Pacific Airbase,’ depicting a typical Marine airbase in the Pacific Theater. Corsairs have just returned…
Jim Laurier, a native of New England, has created some of the most amazing aviation art in existence, and luckily for those with an interest in the war in China, he has also turned his attention to American aviators’ exploits in that theatre. With Laurier’s kind permission, we bring examples of his art. (For many…
What was it like to be a Chinese or Japanese soldier fighting for one’s life in and around Shanghai in the fall of 1937? No one who wasn’t actually there to go through that horrific experience will ever really be able to tell. Seventy-seven years on, all we can do is look at the sources…
The Czech-designed ZB-26 was China’s favorite light machine gun during the war with Japan in the 1930s and 1940s. Below is the second of two articles on this legenday weapon, excerpted with kind permission from the newly published book China’s Small Arms of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) written by Bin Shih and edited by…
The Czech-designed ZB-26 was China’s favorite light machine gun during the war with Japan in the 1930s and 1940s. Below is the first of two articles on this legenday weapon, excerpted with kind permission from the newly published book China’s Small Arms of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) written by Bin Shih and edited by…
Zhou Fukang was 23 years old when he met the love of his life. It was a brief encounter, and he never saw her again. At the age of 92, lonely and collecting garbage for a living, he is still dreaming about her. In 1945, he was a fresh-faced lieutenant who loved to sing. Serving…
