China | War History

South Korea and the US Agree on Draft to Officially End the Korean War

US Marines in amphibious assault craft moving towards Inchon

South Korea has announced it’s “effectively” agreed with the United States on a draft to officially end the Korean War. Word of the possible agreement…

China Conducts Secret Hypersonic Missile Launch Amid Growing Concerns Over Its Nuclear Capabilities

Long March Rocket blasting into space

According to a report by the Financial Times, China has tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile. Those close to the situation share the test shows the…

US, UK and Australia Announce New Indo-Pacific Security Pact

Boris Johnson + Joe Biden + Scott Morrison

The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia have announced the creation of a trilateral security pact in the Indo-Pacific. Known as “AUKUS,” it will…

US Military Releases Photos Of Chinese Warships off the coast of Alaska

China Ships Off Alaska Coast

The U.S. Coast Guard has released several photos showing a group of warships just 46 miles off Alaska’s Aleutian Island coast. The photos were taken…

Tilanqiao, Shanghai, Was A Wartime Safe Haven For Jewish People

Ian Harvey

Tilanqiao, a neighborhood in Shanghai, was, for a time, an oasis in a troubled land. The neighborhood, which became a ghetto under Japanese occupation, was…

100 Year Old WWII Veteran Takes To The Skies In WWII Biplane

Cliff Crozier, a veteran of WWII, turned one hundred years old on the 6th of September 2015, in a little town near Liverpool in England. Friends…

The End of the Han Dynasty – Battle of Red Cliffs

The end of the mighty Han Dynasty was marked by one of Chinese history’s most significant turning points – the Battle of Red Cliffs, or…

5 Of The Bloodiest and Most Devastating Sieges We Tend To Neglect

Siege of Suiyang (757) Up to 100,000 Killed Or Eaten The rebel army of Yan fought against the Chinese Tang army in an attempt to…

How Search for Immortality Resulted in Gunpowder Discovery – By Mislav Barić

Most scholars will agree that gunpowder was invented in China[1], but it is fair to say that there are some who tend to point to…

Romans in China: The Lost Legions of Carrhae

The Romans in the first century BCE were perhaps the most growing empires around. Though the civil wars of Caesar and Pompey, and Octavian and…

China Releases Confessions of WWII Japanese War Criminals Online

China’s State Archives Administration began to release alleged confessions of Japanese war criminals who committed war crimes during the Second World War last July 4…

Japanese Crimes Against China Detailed by WWII Files

Ian Harvey
WWII files

Just under ninety WWII files have recently come to light which portray in thorough detail a number of Japanese acts against China during the war.…