Aerial engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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The Second Sino-Japanese War began on 7 July 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge incident in the Republic of China and is described by some historians as the start of World War II, as full-scale warfare erupted with the Battle of Shanghai, and ending when the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies in August 1945. The Chinese Air Force faced the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Air Forces and engaged them in many aerial interceptions, including the interception of massed terror-bombing strikes on civilian targets, attacking on each other's ground forces and military assets in all manners of air interdiction and close air support; these battles in the Chinese skies were the largest air battles fought since World War I, and featured the first-ever extensive and prolonged deployment of aircraft carrier fleets launching preemptive strikes in support of expeditionary and occupation forces, and demonstrated the technological shift from the latest biplane fighter designs to the modern monoplane fighter designs on both sides of the conflict.
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 219 | Chinese Empire | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1912 | Republic of China | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | China Burma India Theatre | United States, theater of war, military organization | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 755 | An Lushan Rebellion | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1937 | Aerial engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1894 | Sino-Japanese Wars of 1893-1945 | war, Qing dynasty, Empire of Japan, Collaborationist Chinese Army, China | Wikidata |