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　　The Eighth Route Army
The Eighth Route Army photo
On July 7, 1937, the Japanese troops staged the premeditated Luogouqiao (Marco Polo Bridge) Incident, by which it launched the all-out war of aggression against China. The Chinese troops rose up in resistance. Thus the nationwide War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression started. On July 8, the Communist Party of China published an open telegram to the whole nation, calling upon the people of the whole country to rise in resistance against the Japanese aggression. On the initiative of the CPC, the Anti-Japanese National United Front formally established on the basis of the KMT-CPC cooperation. The main force of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army was redesignated as the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and moved from Shaanxi to the anti-Japanese front line in north China. After Taiyuan fell, the Eighth Route Army marched to north China to conduct guerrilla warfare in light of the strategic principle of waging independent mountainous guerrilla warfare laid down by the Revolutionary Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, and strived to recover the lost territory there. Cooperated by the local CPC organizations, the Eighth Route Army built many anti-Japanese base areas behind the enemy lines. Till June 1938, they fought over 600 battles against Japanese aggressors, wiping out and capturing 37,000 Japanese and puppet troops. By the end of 1938, the Eighth Route Army had swiftly expanded from 46,000 to more than 156,000.
The Eighth Route Army Main Battles
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　　The New Fourth Army
The New Fourth Army photo
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held an enlarged meeting at Luochuan in northern Shaanxi on August 22, 1937, at which the Revolutionary Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee was formed. After the meeting, in view of the development of situation and the change of Kuomintang’s policy, the CPC Central Committee made a proposal to the Kuomintang, suggesting to reorganize the Red Army guerilla forces in 14 areas in Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Guangdong provinces into anti-Japanese armed forces. Under the pressure of the nationwide anti-Japanese situation, Chiang Kai-shek agreed to reorganize the Red Army guerilla forces in central and southern China into a corps. After consultations between the CPC and the KMT, the Red Army guerilla forces in central and southern China were reorganized into the New Fourth Army of the Ground Force of the National Revolutionary Army (the New Fourth Army for short). According to the incomplete statistics, during the 8 years’ War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the New Fourth Army fought nearly 30,000 big and small battles against the Japanese and puppet troops, inflicting some 440,000 casualties upon the enemy. Furthermore, the New Fourth Amy established the Central China Anti-Japanese Base Area embracing 5 provinces and regained 250,000 square kilometers of the lost territory. The New Fourth Army had only 10,000-odd men when it was established, and by the time when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was won, it had developed into a force with 310,000 men.
The New Fourth Army Main Battles
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News Update
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■ War remembered for peace, future: Hu
"By solemnly commemorating that victory, we will keep history firmly in mind, never forget the past, cherish peace and create a better future," Chinese President Hu Jintao said at a grand gathering that commemorated the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-fascist War.
■ More than 700,000 Chinese veterans conferred memorial medals
More than 700,000 living Chinese veterans or late ones' family dependents have received special medals from the government in honor of their contributions to the victory of the resistance war against Japanese aggression.
■ Farewell to Azuma, Nanjing massacre diary author
■ 68th anniversary of massacre marked
■ China publishes historical ducuments on Nanjing Massacre
■ Let Nanjing serve as a lesson from history
■ Documentary reveals truth of Japan atrocity
■ China to expand memorial marking Nanjing massacre
■ English website launched to reveal Japan's wartime crime
■ Lien Chan visits Anti-Japanese War History Museum
　
Memorial Events
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■ Flying Tigers Memorial Hall opens in central-south China
■ Wreaths laid to mark victory anniversary
■ Chinese public commemorate war victory
■ Anti-Japanese War veterans' reunion held
■ Movie reception to mark 60th anniversary of China's victory over Japanese aggressors
　
Commentary
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■ PLA Daily editorial: The Chinese Nation Is Invincible
■ People's Daily calls for rejuvenating Chinese nation
■ As a man sows, so shall he reap
■ CPC is the mainstay of Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
■ There were two main anti-fascist war battlefields
■ Int'l friends not forgotten after victory in anti-Japanese war
■ Reflecting on history and making for cooperation
■ Taking history as the mirror to maintain lasting peace in Asia
■ Still, we have to listen to his words and watch his deeds
■ CPC played a pivotal role in resisting Japanese agression: People's Daily
■ Japan's Right-wingers are held in contempt for repaying good with evil
■ Japan should take history as mirror: historian
Selected Works of Mao Zedong on the Anti-Japanese War
Famous Generals
Zhu De
Senior General Su Yu
Zuo Quan
Heroic Soldiers
Bao Sen, a resourceful and brave commander
Hero: Hou Dengshan
Heroic figure: Gao Zhihang
Veteran's Story
Surprise attack upon Mayang Town
Fighting the Japanese invaders by wisdom
Guo Xing: Leader of an armed work team in northern Henan plain
　
Major Campaigns

Great Victory at Pingxingguan Pass
The 100-Regiment Campaign
The Anti-mopping-up Campaign in Beiyue Area in 1943
The Zhurushan Operation
The Tai'erzhuang Campaign
The Xinkou Operation
The Wuhan Campaign
The Shanghai-Wusong Campaign


　International Support
■  Norman Bethune ■  Ma Haide (George Hatem)
■  Rewi Alley ■  Edgar Snow
■  Israel Epstein ■  Jacob Rosenfeld
■  Dwarkanath Kotnis ■  Agnes Smedley
■  Anna Louise Strong ■  The Flying Tigers: the American Volunteer Group
　Basic Facts
■  The War in Brief
■  The Formal Establishment of an Anti-Japanese National United Front
■  Nanjing Massacre
■  Atrocious Crimes of Japanese Invaders
■   Major Incidents