What China Quietly Did With 320,000 Captured Japanese Rifles Mao Kept After 1945
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In 1945, the Red Army swept through Manchuria and left behind one of the largest weapon stockpiles in Asia. Within months, hundreds of thousands of Japanese rifles were in Communist hands. No treaty admitted it, and no one signed for it. This is the story of how a defeated empire's arsenal became the seed of a victorious army, and what it cost the people caught in between.
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What China Quietly Did With 320,000 Captured Japanese Rifles Mao Kept After 1945
WW2 WarZone
101 views
In 1945, the Red Army swept through Manchuria and left behind one of the largest weapon stockpiles in Asia. Within months, hundreds of thousands of Japanese rifles were in Communist hands. No treaty admitted it, and no one signed for it. This is the story of how a defeated empire's arsenal became the seed of a victorious army, and what it cost the people caught in between.
#WW2History #ChineseCivilWar #Arisaka #MilitaryHistory #untoldhistory