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The Battle of Tai'erzhuang was the first Chinese victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War
Its debated whom to credit for this victory
Some have taken a fancy to the top commanders Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren
Others say they were incompetent and hail mid-level commanders Sun Lianzhong, Zhang Zhizhong, and Tang Enbo

Chiang Kai-shek is just a weird romanization of the name Jiang Jieshi
He also had many other names - Jiang Ruiyuan, Jiang Zhoutai, Jiang Zhiqing, Jiang Zhongzheng

Sun Yat-sen is just a weird romanization of the name Sun Yixian
His other names are Sun Zhongshan and his signature is Sun Wen

The chinese intellectual Dai Jitao visited India a couple times, and was close friends with Mahatma Gandhi

Dai Jitao's son was Jiang Weiguo, who was later adopted by Jiang Jieshi

Jiang Weiguo became a Leutnant in the Wehrmacht, commanding the 1st Mountain Division and the 8th Infantry Division in the Anschluss and the Sudetenland crisis

You're the GOAT of this type of forums, I just remembered 😅😂.

W post, even I didn't know about that 😅

The woodcut artist Huang Rongcan made his famous woodcut The Terrible Inspection (based on the February 28 Incident) without even being at the place of action

the HMS Agincourt was the only ship with seven turrets, and people feared it'd split in half if all seven turrets opened fire at once. (un)Fortunately, this myth was busted

Yea that was quite the myth, also 14 guns is truly insane lol.

Around the 1920s and early 30s, there was a saying in Japanese armed force circles - the chinese are akin to pigs, except that pigs are edible

Holy japan

Zeng Guoquan was called Zeng the Iron Bucket, for he was a proponent of trench warfare

If anyone else posts ts I'm blocking them from posting again xD. You exclusive have this right frfr.

i know the last one

as for the first one, Wang Bo would have said 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

You can't talk and breathe in at the same time

1927-1937 in chinese history is called the Nanking Decade

The roman lyric poet Horace was born in Venusia, now modern day Venosa.