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    China played a significant but often overlooked role in World War II. Between 1937 and 1945, China suffered over 14 million casualties while fighting both Japanese forces and a civil war between Nationalists and Communists. Though China lost over 5 times as many soldiers as the US during the war, its contributions and sacrifices are frequently forgotten or dismissed in Western narratives of the war. The historian Rana Mitter wrote "Forgotten Ally" to bring attention to China's important but overlooked role in defeating Japan and to argue that China deserves more recognition for its substantial aid to the Allied victory in Asia.

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    China played a significant but often overlooked role in World War II. Between 1937 and 1945, China suffered over 14 million casualties while fighting both Japanese forces and a civil war between Nationalists and Communists. Though China lost over 5 times as many soldiers as the US during the war, its contributions and sacrifices are frequently forgotten or dismissed in Western narratives of the war. The historian Rana Mitter wrote "Forgotten Ally" to bring attention to China's important but overlooked role in defeating Japan and to argue that China deserves more recognition for its substantial aid to the Allied victory in Asia.

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    China played a significant but often overlooked role in World War II. Between 1937 and 1945, China suffered over 14 million casualties while fighting both Japanese forces and a civil war between Nationalists and Communists. Though China lost over 5 times as many soldiers as the US during the war, its contributions and sacrifices are frequently forgotten or dismissed in Western narratives of the war. The historian Rana Mitter wrote "Forgotten Ally" to bring attention to China's important but overlooked role in defeating Japan and to argue that China deserves more recognition for its substantial aid to the Allied victory in Asia.

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    Chinaisoneofthemoreforgottencountries,eventhoughitreallyshouldntbe.

    During
    1939and1945,Chinalost2.2millionpeopleinmilitarycasualties,whiletheUSonlylost
    405,000ThatmeansChinalostoverfivetimestheamountofpeoplethatwedid,yetwestill
    dontreallygivethemcreditforaidingusinWorldWarII,butChinaviewedtheirwardifferently
    thanus.Thewarhadbegunin1937,fortheNationalistsandCommunists,andsincetheirwar
    beganin1937andendedin1945,theircasualties?Over14million.Chinawasinatoughspot.
    Notonlydidtheyhaveasmallmilitary,butChinathoughttheyhadtoletgoofamajorally
    withoutthewealthorresourcestocarryonwith.AlotofthewarstorywasforgotteninWestern
    ChinaduringtheColdWar,andnotmanywishedtoremember,butthenagain:whowouldwant
    toremember?InMaosChina,theCommunistPartyhadlittletonointerestinprovidingaspace
    tomemorializewartimecontributionsoftheirNationalistenemies.Today,Chinahasembraced
    itswarhistory,butunlikeEurope,WorldWarIIisstillanopencaseinAsia.
    InoneofthesourcesIused,ahistorian,RanaMitter,sitsdownandtalksaboutthe
    historybehindhisbook,
    ForgottenAlly
    ,andhowChinareallywastheforgottenally.Hesays
    this(sorryitsalittlelong):TheNorthAmericanmarket,andtheUnitedStatesinparticular,the
    title
    ForgottenAlly
    waschoseninquiteanintentionalwaybecauseobviouslyyouknowitsa
    historyofChinaandwhyitmatterstodayintermsofthatperiod.Butitsalsoaremindertothe
    Americanpublicthattherewasthisveryimportanthistoricalmomentthathasbeenforgotten
    andwhichisimportantfortworeasons,oneofwhichhastodowiththeverycontemporary
    significanceofunderstandingwhySinoAmericanrelationsandSinoJapaneserelations,which
    arecrucialtotheshapingoftheworld,letalonetheregion,remainveryvolatile.Butthesecond
    reasonactuallyhastodosomethingwithhistoricaljustice.Regardlessofthemanyflawsofthe
    Chinesegovernmentatthetime,ChiangKaisheksgovernment,Ithinkitsfairtosaythatthey
    never,neitherthennornow,havebeengivensufficientcreditforwhathasoftenbeenregarded
    asapurelyAmericanvictoryinAsia,andparticularlythePacific.ButtheChinesecontribution
    uptonowhasgenerallybeenmostlydismissedorregardedasveryminor,secondary,andnot
    reallyworthbotheringwith.Ithinkaswemovedecadesanddecadesawayfromtheevents
    themselves,itsnolongertenabletoretainthatposition.

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