The following is circulated to me by my friends on China during World War 2. They are commented by American government to tell Americans why they were sent to fight Japanese (thanks, Americans). I also include 12 pictures (out of 34) on Nanjing that I hope Allen or some one will write a post on Nanjing.
They’re circulated in the internet, so I do not claim any credit or steel the thunder from my friends.
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Please stroll down the page to go the following websites to see 具有珍貴歷史價值的近 代記錄.
THE 2ND WORLD WAR Website:
《二次大戰真實紀錄片-中國篇》1-7集原名《我們爲何而戰》的這套紀錄片，是美國政府于第二次世界大戰期間制作的。
爲了向美國人解釋爲什麽要去中國抗日，美國制作了這部短片。開始時的目的在于讓美軍知道美國爲何參戰，到後來，索性向美國民衆公開，以争取舉國上下支持聯邦政府打勝這戰争。
《二次大戰真實紀錄片-中國篇》（1）
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lQTWtokeF5Q%26hl%3Dzh_TW%26fs%3D1
《二次大戰真實紀錄片-中國篇》（2）
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DcjVWe3xgAo%26hl%3Dzh_TW%26fs%3D1
《二次大戰真實紀錄片-中國篇》（3）
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dKTIylgLDHE%26hl%3Dzh_TW%26fs%3D1
《二次大戰真實紀錄片-中國篇》（4）
https://youtube.com/watch?v=M6z-fZwpmME%26hl%3Dzh_TW%26fs%3D1
《二次大戰真實紀錄片-中國篇》（5）
http://www.youtube..com/v/VKHk6eepm0E&hl=zh_TW&fs=1
《二次大戰真實紀錄片-中國篇》（6）
https://youtube.com/watch?v=L_zntg-eFF0%26hl%3Dzh_TW%26fs%3D1
《二次大戰真實紀錄片-中國篇》（7）
https://youtube.com/watch?v=k0hZiD5Uk5I%26hl%3Dzh_TW%26fs%3D1
《美國副總統華萊士訪問重慶與蔣介石會談》（1944年6月20日）
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xbttAZ_EVGs%26hl%3Dzh_TW%26fs%3D1
TonyP4 says
I watched 2 so far. It is entertaining and informative. We need to thank Americans to send soldiers to China no matter what their original motives were. The natural resources per capita were not that great as described in the video clips.
Nimrod says
It’s a propaganda film, just like Joseph Stalin became Uncle Joe during World War II due to the alliance.
Isn’t it interesting that the exact same country can be described in two completely different ways before and during the Cold War?
TonyP4 says
It is propaganda film for sure, but it is quite cool.
In Hong Kong, they did not teach much about WW2 in our history (I believe we did not know much about the Opium War). It could be the same for China I suspect. It could be the war was led by KMT.
Modern history is more important for us than history 2,000 years ago to me.