To Change China: Western Advisers in China, 1620-1960 |
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... attack Sungkiang , a walled town held by the Taiping forces , about thirty miles south- west of Shanghai . With no artillery to breach the walls , he counted on surprise to bring him victory . But , as Ward was to recount later , his ...
... attack Sungkiang , a walled town held by the Taiping forces , about thirty miles south- west of Shanghai . With no artillery to breach the walls , he counted on surprise to bring him victory . But , as Ward was to recount later , his ...
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... attacks , in which massed fleets of B - 29's dropped their fragmentation and incendiary bombs on the crowded cities ... attack , B - 29 tail gunners noted that the flames of the burning city could be seen for 150 miles.38 Chennault was ...
... attacks , in which massed fleets of B - 29's dropped their fragmentation and incendiary bombs on the crowded cities ... attack , B - 29 tail gunners noted that the flames of the burning city could be seen for 150 miles.38 Chennault was ...
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... attacks grew in intensity , and even Chungking appeared threatened , senior members of the Chinese government began to ... attack on the 14th Air Force base at Suichuan . General Hsüeh Yüeh , an independent - minded militarist to whom ...
... attacks grew in intensity , and even Chungking appeared threatened , senior members of the Chinese government began to ... attack on the 14th Air Force base at Suichuan . General Hsüeh Yüeh , an independent - minded militarist to whom ...
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