China's Role In World War 2 Research Paper

Despite having many challenges and being overlooked, China's role in World War Two was one of the most important and had a great impact on the war and all of the countries participating in it. China's role is often overlooked because people focus on the fighting in Europe between the Allied and Axis powers. While this fighting was important, the fighting in Asia was just as important. If China had not fended off Japan with the help of some of the Allied powers, Japan would have taken over China and most likely many other countries. China impacted the war by defending Japan and stopping them from being a superpower, as well as helping the Allied powers win the overall war by allowing the US to use their airspace to bomb Japan. While it may have seemed like …show more content…
Over 300,000 Chinese civilians and surrendered troops were killed. As Japan pressed even more into China in 1938, the Chinese were in a bad position and it seemed like Japan was going to become a world superpower. During the war, the Japanese army had a great advantage in the war because of their prolific intelligence presence in North and Central China. Their information collection encompassed all aspects of information collection and was a crucial part of why the war lasted so long. China was running out of troops, supplies, and other necessary things for the war. Then, the war changed drastically. Japanese bombers attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The war between China and Japan increased even more and started gaining the attention of the Allied powers and the whole of World War Two. Some of the allied powers realized that Japan intended to dominate all of East Asia and how dangerous Japan could be if they won the war. They also knew how much they relied on China to defend Japan from becoming a world superpower. The Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain offered some unofficial help to fend off Japan for a little bit. The Soviet dictator,