A Chinese Story
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Last published Sat, Apr 6, 2024
Set against the backdrop of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War, 2 young men are thrusted into the heart of the conflict, and experience life, death, maturity and the consequences of war.
Historical context:
The Second-Sino Japanese war was a military conflict during 1937-1945, and was absorbed into the larger conflict of WW2 and was between the Republic of China, The Communist party of China and the Empire of Japan, approximately 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 died during the conflict, this number is largely made up of civilians.
Disclaimer:
This entire story is made up and has no propagandic intentions the story is only set in the backdrop of the historical event although some facts were taken to add a little bit of realism to the story, any resemblance to real life figures, dead or living are entirely coincidental.
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