Zhang Xueliang

Battle of Rehe: "China At The Front" 1933 Young Marshal Zhang Xueliang; Sino-Japanese War

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China History & Travel Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hX5wLdhf_IKzMtKL--roI9ryM9cl1Wu more at http://news.quickfound.net/intl/china_news.html This film was labeled 1927 and was stated to be of the Chinese Civil War. However, this seems to be in error. The film shows "Marshal of All Chinese Forces, Chang-Tsuch-Liang" who is by modern spelling actually "Young Marshal" Zhang Xueliang. Then the film depicts "General Sun-Huan-Cahng" who appears to be in current spelling Sun Dianying. The action is said to be taking place near the Great Wall, as the Battle of Rehe indeed was, and speaks of plans to "Keep China United and Repel Invaders" which also appears to refer to fighting the Japanese. The film is silent. At the Battle of Rehe (February 21 to March 4, 1933) Japan captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang and annexed it to their Mancuhrian puppet state of Manchukuo. On March 2, Sun Dianying mounted a counterattack and penetrated to near the Japanese headquarters. This may be the event recorded in the film, which is presented as a Chinese victory against the foreign invaders. But on March 4, the Japanese captured Chengde the capital of Rehe, and annexed the province, which they claimed they needed as a buffer zone against the Chinese. Public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rehe The Battle of Rehe (simplified Chinese: 热河战役; traditional Chinese: 熱河戰役; pinyin: Rèhé zhànyì, sometimes called the Battle of Jehol) was the second part of Operation Nekka, a campaign by which the Empire of Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang and annexed it to the new state of Manchukuo. The battle was fought from February 21 to March 1, 1933... On February 23, 1933, the offensive was launched. On February 25, Chaoyang and Kailu were taken. On March 2, the Japanese 4th Cavalry Brigade encountered resistance from the forces of Sun Dianying, and after days of fighting, took over Chifeng. Sun Dianying mounted a counterattack against the Japanese 6th Division on the same day, and at one time penetrated to near the Japanese headquarters. On March 4, Japanese cavalry and the 1st Special Tank Company with Type 89 Tanks. took Chengde the capital of Rehe... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xueliang Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsueh-liang or Chang Hsiao-liang (張學良; 3 June 1901 in Haicheng, China – 15 October 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii), occasionally called Peter Hsueh Liang Chang and nicknamed the "Young Marshal" (少帥), was the effective ruler of northeast China and much of northern China after the assassination of his father, Zhang Zuolin, by the Japanese on 4 June 1928. He was an instigator of the 1936 Xi'an Incident, in which Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of China's ruling party, was arrested in order to force him to enter into a truce with the insurgent Chinese Communist Party and form a united front against Japan, which had occupied Manchuria. As a result, he spent over fifty years under house arrest, first in mainland China and then in Taiwan. He is regarded by the Chinese Communist Party as a patriotic hero... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Dianying Sun Dianying (Traditional Chinese: 孫殿英; Simplified Chinese: 孙殿英; pinyin: Sūn Diànyīng; Wade-Giles: Sun Tienying; 1889–1948) was one of the minor warlords during the Warlord Era.