Very few Americans were very aware of China's role during WW2. Japan attacked China many years before they attach Pearl Harbor. The US was providing limited aid to the Nationalist Chinese lead by Chiang Kai-shek, while at the same time they were fighting a civil war against the communist lead by Mao Zedong. LIFE writes a detailed article explaining the complicate arrangement about a war that was being found ll around the world. Fascinating reading.

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