January 1937Commander of 3rd ArmyDehuai Peng
Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army
Historical records for China in 1937, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army
Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army
Nationalist representatives continue negotiations with Zhou Enlai as cooperation against Japan develops after the Xi’an Incident.
Promises Chiang Kaishek will join a Government of national defense against Japan
Frced to seek safety with Mao in north Shensi
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident near Beijing triggers the escalation into full-scale Sino-Japanese war.
The Nationalist government seeks international support as the conflict with Japan expands after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.
Delivers the Lushan statement declaring that China has reached the last point at which it can tolerate further Japanese aggression.
Japanese forces intensify attacks around Beiping as full-scale hostilities spread across northern China.
Japanese aircraft bomb Nankai University during the fighting around Tianjin.
Japanese forces capture Tianjin as resistance in the Beiping-Tianjin area collapses.
The Battle of Shanghai begins as Chinese forces mount major resistance to the Japanese advance.
The Chinese Communist Party publicly supports resistance under a renewed united front against Japan.
The Communist-Nationalist united front strengthens as both sides prepare resistance to Japan.
Chinese forces withdraw from Shanghai after a prolonged battle, leaving the city under Japanese control.
Japanese forces capture Nanjing; mass killing, sexual violence and other atrocities follow during the Nanjing Massacre.
Placed under house arrest for 50 yrs. Hsueh-Liang releases Chiang Kai-Shek & has himself put under Chiang Kai-Sheks arrest
Moves the Nationalist government’s wartime center inland toward Chongqing as Japanese armies advance.
Japanese forces capture Beiping during their rapid advance in northern China.
Appointed Commander in Chief, Chinese Red Army
Appointed Commander in Chief, Chinese Red Army
Appointed Commander of the 120th Division of the Red Army
Appointed Commander of the 120th Division of the Red Army
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Route Army during the Sinoese War
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Route Army
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Route Army
Takes overall command of Chinese resistance as full-scale war with Japan begins.
Japan invades China & Teh reluctantly supports Chiang Kai-sheks National Army
During the Second Sinoese war(1937-1945), the CPC and Kuomingtang were temporarily in alliance to fight their common enemy
Appointed CP Liaison Officer
Suspends the main civil-war campaign against the Communists and cooperates with them against Japan.
Appointed Political Commissar during the civil war
Works on Communist-Nationalist cooperation against Japan after the outbreak of full-scale war.
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