28 March 1938Capture of NanjingChiang Kai-Shek
Japan sponsors the Reformed Government of the Republic of China at Nanjing as a collaborationist regime.
Historical records for China in 1938, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Japan sponsors the Reformed Government of the Republic of China at Nanjing as a collaborationist regime.
Japanese forces capture Xiamen, tightening their control over important coastal positions.
Chinese aircraft fly over Japan and drop propaganda leaflets rather than bombs, demonstrating long-range capability.
Japanese forces capture Kaifeng during the campaign in Henan.
Nationalist authorities breach Yellow River dikes in an attempt to slow the Japanese advance, causing catastrophic flooding across large rural areas.
Japanese forces capture Anqing during their advance along the Yangtze River.
The Nationalist government continues operating from Chongqing as the Japanese offensive drives deeper into central China.
Japanese forces capture Guangzhou, threatening China’s remaining coastal supply routes.
Japanese forces capture Wuhan after months of fighting, while the Nationalist government continues resistance from Chongqing.
Wuhan falls to Japanese forces, reinforcing the Nationalist government’s decision to continue the war from Chongqing.
Defeats a Japanese force near Suchow
Wins supremacy in the Communist Party after overcoming Wang Ming
Defects to the nationalists
The United States extends a $25 million credit to Nationalist China as support for continued resistance to Japan.
Expelled from the Communist Party
Leads Communist political and united-front work through the Yangtze Bureau in wartime Wuhan.
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