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1940 in China

  • 1939–1940 Winter OffensiveThe Chinese National Revolutionary Army launched a multi-front counter-offensive in the winter of 1939. This operation marked the first major coordinated…
  • Bombing of ChongqingThe first Japanese air raid on Chongqing struck the city on the 18th of February 1938, marking the start of a campaign that would last until December 1944.
  • Hundred Regiments OffensiveIn the summer of 1940, Japanese forces in North China tightened their grip on anti-Japanese base regions through a strategy known as the prison cage policy.