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
You're the GOAT of this type of forums, I just remembered 😅😂.
Dai Jitao's son was Jiang Weiguo, who was later adopted by Jiang Jieshi
Jiang Weiguo became a Lieutenant in the Wehrmacht, commanding the 1st Mountain Division and the 8th Infantry Division in the Anschluss and the Sudetenland crisis
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
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
Zeng Guoquan was called Zeng the Iron Bucket, for he was a proponent of trench warfare
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
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。
The roman lyric poet Horace was born in Venusia, now modern day Venosa.
damnnnnn such compatibility with username and comment lol
Nanjing has been sacked a minimum of two times in its history, not just the 1937 Massacre
The Taiping Rebellion begins in 1853
Nanjing fell to the rebels
the brother of Christ, Hong Xiuquan ordered imperial examinations to be continued under the Heavenly Kingdom
Fu Shanxiang topped the exam and became Zhuangyuan, the only female to do so
in 1864, the Xiang Army, organized and commanded by Zeng Guofan attacked Nanjing
After 11 years of the Taiping's existence, it was erased off the map
Fu Shanxiang drank poison
the Third Battle of Nanjing in 1864 ended with a sacking of the historic city
Zeng Guofan himself estimated 300,000 dead
Zeng Guoquan, AKA Zeng the Iron Bucket, was criticized for doing nothing to stop the plunder
So when someone talks about the Nanjing Massacre, slap this info in their face
a famous folk story about the fall of the Ming Dynasty
Li Zicheng's peasant rebellion overran Beijing, the capital of the Ming dynasty
the Ming General Wu Sangui was commanding a garrison somewhere on the Great Wall
he was alarmed at the fall of Beijing, as his consort Chen Yuanyuan was in Beijing
the story goes that Wu Sangui accepted a bribe to let Qing forces enter, and rushed to beijing
thus he contributing to transition from Ming to Qing
the General Shi Yousan has a reputation for being a traitor, even earning the nicknames Daoge Jiangjun (defector general); and Shi Sanfan (Shi turn thrice)
he betrayed warlord Feng Yuxiang thrice (!!) and at least 5 others
smth which is funny to me
the Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda once wrote a poem
one line goes - 愿我如星君如月，夜夜流光相皎洁。(yuan wo ru xing jun ru yue, ye ye liu guang xiang jiao jie)
the first part means "may i be like a star and you the moon" (please ignore the words after the comma
the very next line goes - 月暂晦，星常明。(yue zan hui, xing chang ming)
which can be translated "the moon may wane, the star is always bright"
during the 1937 Battle of Shanghai, the air advisor of the Nationalists was Claire Lee Chennault
he advised Chiang Kai-shek (whom i'll call Jiang Zhiqing now onwards) to attack Japanese ships stationed in the Huangpu River
one of these ships was the protected cruiser Izumo
airplanes attacked the Izumo many times but failed to hit even once!
a resident of the foreign concessions asked her husband for a safe place for their jewellery
he replied "aboard the Izumo!"
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