China's War with Japan, 1937-1945

This was a vast part of the wider Second World War
China was invaded by Japan but the war was complicated as China was already divided between Nationalist and Communist and even these groups had internal divisions. Competing warlords vied for power in each bloc
Wang Jingwei
Chiang Kai Shek
Mao
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor led to the importance of Burma, Singapore etc. in the wider war
Chiang Kai Shek met Ghandi, trying to keep Indian nationalists in the war effort
Birth of the Communist Chinese State.
The role of terror and coercion
Falling out with the Americans (Stilwell)
Place of China in the wider strategy of the war (and planning for the post war future)