Chiang's Experience in Seeking US Military Assistance during War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression
Air supremacy was of vital importance in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,so Chiang Kai-shek sought assistance of aircraft from the United States.The US implemented the strategy of"first Europe,then Asia",and US aircraft was mainly used to meet its own needs and to assist the United Kingdom.Before the Pearl Harbor Incident,the US was reluctant to get involved in the conflict between China and Japan,and its aid to China was based on the premise of not offending Japan.Chiang encountered many difficulties in seeking US assistance.Before mid-1940,Chiang hoped to purchase American military aircraft through loans from the US,but in vain.After June 1940,Chiang stepped up efforts to enlist assis-tance by sending Song Ziwen and Mao Bangchu to the USA,and he personally held talks with visiting the US special envoy.However,by the time the Pearl Harbor Incident broke out,he only received 100 US military aircraft.With the outbreak of Pearl Harbor Incident,China and the US became allies.Chiang began to confidently seek US chartered aircraft,and the US gradually increased its military assistance to China.By the end of 1942,China received 169 American aircraft,and in 1943,the US began to supply China with new-type aircraft.Starting from the second half of 1944,the US began to provide a large number of planes to aid China.The military aircraft from US played its role in Chinese people's War of Resistance against Jap-anese Aggression,but since the majority of aircraft came to China in the later period of the Resistance War,they were later used by Chiang as military capital to start the civil war.
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