decade ago I watch documentary about the battle of Changsa.which the japanese armies were destroy by pincel attack by the Chinese arm force.wikipedia do not provide greater detail about the fighting.is there more info on this battle.
Changsha (my hometown) was one of the most hard-fought cities in the Chinese resistance. In fact, the ancient city was burned to the ground when Chiang Kai Shek decided to torch the city in a scorched earth tactic before the battle of 1939. (a tragedy that killed thousands) If you want more information about this horrible fire, look up Wenxi Fire on Wiki. The fire meant that there are very few historical structures left in the city, (and even less now since they are demolishing everything) making it one of the most destroyed cities of World War 2. Baidu has a thoroughly good article that talks about the event in greater detail. (in Chinese)
Unlike Chiang Kai Shek thought, the scorched earth tactic was completely needless because Changsha did not fall immediately like he thought it would. It took the Japanese 4 tries and massive casualties to take the city from 1939-1944, and I don't think there is another example of a Chinese city that put up such a fight in the entire course of the war.
The Battles of Changsha, Hengyang, and Changde were all extremely hard-fought where we resisted till the end despite overwhelming odds. Hunan is home of the 湘军, (the only effective force at crushing the Taiping Rebels) and Hunanese are often taught that we are a martial and stubborn people, and I have to say that history seems to agree!
Let's also not forget The Battle of Tiaerzhang refered to sometimes in the west as "The Stalingrad of East".
Let's also not forget The Battle of Tiaerzhang refered to sometimes in the west as "The Stalingrad of East".
I'm pretty ignorant about Chinese history, but what happened to the KMT armed forces that were so effective near Changsa and whose "contribution ...against the japanese invasion were far far greater than Chinese communist willing to acknowledge" that they were so ineffective after 1945? After 1945 they had years of experience, supply with weapons and equipment by the US was much easier and lots of it was available so what happened?the contribution by KMT against the japanese invasion were far far greater than Chinese communist willing to acknowledge.
I'm pretty ignorant about Chinese history, but what happened to the KMT armed forces that were so effective near Changsa and whose "contribution ...against the japanese invasion were far far greater than Chinese communist willing to acknowledge" that they were so ineffective after 1945? After 1945 they had years of experience, supply with weapons and equipment by the US was much easier and lots of it was available so what happened?