Rise of China - Battle for Survival

Get Nebula using our link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/epichistory Or to take advantage of the Lifetime Membership offer, click here: https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=epichistorytv -------------------------------- In 1937, after years of internal conflict, China is briefly united by a devastating war with Japan, which reaches a horrific climax in the cities of Shanghai and Nanking. As its own ‘War of Resistance’ rolls on, China then becomes a key player in the Second World War, joining the allied fight against the Japanese Imperial Army across Asia.  Victory is finally earned, but it comes at a staggering cost to the nation. In the power vacuum that follows, the old rival factions - Communists and Nationalists - will continue their fight for leadership. Just months after China emerges from the wreckage of one global conflict, it is once again plunged into a bitter civil war. ------------------------------------- Thank you to our series historical consultant, Dr. Lily Chang of University College London. Find out more about her research and teaching here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/people/academic-staff/dr-lily-chang ------------------------------------- 📚 Recommended reading: “The Penguin History of Modern China: the Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present” by Jonathan Fenby - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9780141988450 / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9780141988450 “The Cambridge Illustrated History Of China” by Patricia Buckley Ebrey - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9781009151443 / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9781009151443 “China's War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival” by Rana Mitter “The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II” by Iris Chang - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9780465068364 / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9780465068364 “Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan’s Sex Slaves” by Peipei Qiu, Su Zhiliang, and Chen Lifei - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9780199373895 / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9780774825450 “The Undaunted Women of Nanking: The Wartime Diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-Fang” - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9780809329632 / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9780809337460 You can visit our online bookshop to find great books on China and other Epic History topics: UK site - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/epichistorytv US site - https://bookshop.org/shop/epichistorytv As a bookshop.org affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases, while donating 10% of sales to support independent bookshops! 🎬 Recommended films: To Live (1994) Red Sorghum (1987) The Eight Hundred (2020) ------------------------------------- Support Epic History TV on Patreon from $1 per video, and get perks like ad-free early access & votes on future topics https://www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV Or join the ranks of the Grognards with our YouTube memberships https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvPXiKxH-eH9xq-80vpgmKQ/join 👕 Buy posters, t-shirts, hoodies, mugs & stickers at our merch store: https://www.ehtvmerch.com/ #EpicHistoryTV #EpicHistory #History #China #ChineseHistory #WW2 #WorldWar2