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About China's Forgotten 8-Year Struggle Against Imperial Japan | China's Forgotten War

China's pivotal, bloody and beleaguered WW2 campaign is often forgotten in the west despite the "battle of China" being the longest of the war. World War II: China's Forgotten War sheds new light on the conflict, presenting an epic, eight-year war against an invading Japan, 2 years before Germany invaded Poland, and cost 14 million Chinese lives.

China's Forgotten 8-Year Struggle Against Imperial Japan | China's Forgotten War is presented by Real History. Its listed runtime is 47 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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China's Forgotten 8-Year Struggle Against Imperial Japan | China's Forgotten War
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47 minutes
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English
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Real History

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