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1938 Yellow River flood

Index 1938 Yellow River flood

The 1938 Yellow River flood (literally "Huayuankou embankment breach incident") was a flood created by the Nationalist Government in central China during the early stage of the Second Sino-Japanese War in an attempt to halt the rapid advance of Japanese forces. [1]

31 relations: Anhui, Battle of Wuhan, Beijing–Guangzhou railway, Chen Guofu, Chiang Kai-shek, China, Chinese famine of 1942–43, Communist Party of China, Environmental impact of war, Flood, Henan, Huayuankou, Henan, Imperial Japanese Army, Jiangsu, Kaifeng, Kuomintang, Levee, Longhai railway, Military history of China, Military history of Japan, National Revolutionary Army, Nationalist government, North China, Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China Armed Forces, Second Sino-Japanese War, Silt, Wuhan, Yellow River, Zhengzhou, 1938 Changsha fire.

Anhui

Anhui is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the eastern region of the country.

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Battle of Wuhan

The Battle of Wuhan, popularly known to the Chinese as the Defense of Wuhan, and to the Japanese as the Capture of Wuhan, was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Beijing–Guangzhou railway

The Beijing–Guangzhou railway or Jingguang railway is a major arterial railway that connects Beijing in the north with Guangzhou in the south.

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Chen Guofu

Chen Guofu or Chen Kuo-fu (5 October 1892 – 25 August 1951), was a Chinese politician in the Republic of China.

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Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also romanized as Chiang Chieh-shih or Jiang Jieshi and known as Chiang Chungcheng, was a political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in exile in Taiwan.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese famine of 1942–43

The Chinese famine of 1942–43 occurred mainly in Henan, most particularly within the western part of the province.

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Communist Party of China

The Communist Party of China (CPC), also referred to as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China.

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Environmental impact of war

Study of the environmental impact of war focuses on the modernization of warfare and its increasing effects on the environment.

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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.

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Henan

Henan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country.

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Huayuankou, Henan

Huayuankou is a town in Huiji District, used to be a ferry of the Yellow River in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Jiangsu

Jiangsu, formerly romanized as Kiangsu, is an eastern-central coastal province of the People's Republic of China.

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Kaifeng

Kaifeng, known previously by several names, is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, China.

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Kuomintang

The Kuomintang of China (KMT; often translated as the Nationalist Party of China) is a major political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, based in Taipei and is currently the opposition political party in the Legislative Yuan.

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Levee

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Longhai railway

The Longhai railway, formerly romanized as the is a major arterial east–west railway in China.

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Military history of China

The recorded military history of China extends from about 2200 BC to the present day.

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Military history of Japan

The military history of Japan is characterized by a period of clan warfare that lasted until the 12th century AD.

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National Revolutionary Army

The National Revolutionary Army (NRA), sometimes shortened to Revolutionary Army (革命軍) before 1928, and as National Army (國軍) after 1928, was the military arm of the Kuomintang (KMT, or the Chinese Nationalist Party) from 1925 until 1947 in the Republic of China.

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Nationalist government

The Nationalist government, officially the National Government of the Republic of China, refers to the government of the Republic of China between 1 July 1925 to 20 May 1948, led by the Kuomintang (KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party).

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North China

North China (literally "China's north") is a geographical region of China, lying North of the Qinling Huaihe Line.

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Republic of China (1912–1949)

The Republic of China was a sovereign state in East Asia, that occupied the territories of modern China, and for part of its history Mongolia and Taiwan.

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Republic of China Armed Forces

The Republic of China Armed Forces, also known as the Chinese National Armed Forces (CNAF) or Armed Forces of Taiwan are the armed forces of the Republic of China now on Taiwan, encompassing the Army, Navy (including the Republic of China Marine Corps), Air Force and Military Police Force.

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Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945.

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Silt

Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay, whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar.

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Wuhan

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China.

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Yellow River

The Yellow River or Huang He is the second longest river in Asia, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth longest river system in the world at the estimated length of.

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Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China.

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1938 Changsha fire

The Changsha fire of 1938, also known as Wenxi fire, was the greatest human-caused citywide fire in Chinese history.

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Redirects here:

1938 Huang He flood, 1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood, Huayuankou flood.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Yellow_River_flood

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