The Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945 was the longest struggle of the Second World War. It started with the Japanese aggression in July 1937 and soon accelerated into a full-scale war with the Chinese Kuomintang government. The Chinese Air Force was to suffer large losses during the whole conflict with Japan. During the first weeks of the war the Chinese lost almost all of their medium bombers. This was a pattern that would be repeated again and again. Not getting much help from the outside world; the Kuomintang government; led by Chiang Kai-shek; soon closed a un-holy treaty with the communistic Soviet Union to receive armament including a large number of aircraft and Soviet volunteers to fly some of them. This difficult relation with the Soviet Union lasted until 1941; when the USA became the main supplier of armament to China; which included the short-lived but famous US voluntary group called the Flying Tigers. Everything was to change with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941; but the struggle was to continue until the end of the war in August 1945.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Rather thin and superficialBy SkyhoggI guess it's not a bad book for the price; although I paid the pre-release price of $14 and now that I have received it I see I can get a new copy for $7+$4 shipping. Oh well. But the book itself is hardly the "complete history of army and navy helicopters..." that it claims to be. It's only 96 pages long counting the title page; contents page; glossary; and index. It does have a lot of glossy photos; many in color; but that just serves to keep the word count down. Also; inside the back cover it states that this book was "previously published as part of a larger volume; The World Encyclopedia of Military Helicopters." So the bottom line is that this is nothing new; and is about the equivalent of a really nice special edition magazine. If you are a serious student of rotorcraft history this is not for you. I guess it would be fine for a casual reader. By the way; I found at least one bookseller offering The World Encyclopedia of Military Helicopters for less than $25. I probably should have gone that route; but after seeing this I doubt that book would add anything to my current collection of more authoritative books on the subject.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy TDHAs described; used for a war documentary research project
