Yellowpill me on the Chinese Civil War, /his/.
Which one?
It got worse
and worse
and worse
and worse
and worse
and then the Japanese came and made things worse
and then it got better before it got worse
>>819529
Chiang fucked himself over, and even if the US had continued funding and arming him it would have still ended up as an even bigger Korean War.
He lost too much goodwill pursuing the communists before he got kidnapped, and his decision to almost immediately reopen hostilities with the Yan'an Soviet also lost him support. He lacked Mao's personal charisma and while most American accounts (Wedermeyer, the arguably very biased Chennault compared to Stilwell) demonstrated him to be a man genuinely devoted to his country, his subordinates were less so, and his constant military pursuits distracted him from domestic reforms that could have allowed him to stay in power.
Liu Bang was tasked with escorting a group of convicts to Mount Li to build Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. When some prisoners escaped during the journey, Liu Bang feared for his life because allowing convicts to escape was a capital offence under Qin law. He eventually released the remaining prisoners and became a fugitive. Some of the convicts he released joined him of their own accord.
In legend, they encountered a gigantic white serpent which killed some people with its poisonous breath. Liu Bang slew the serpent that night and encountered an old woman weeping by the road the next morning. When Liu Bang's men asked her why she was crying, she replied, "My child, the White Emperor's son, has been slain by the son of the Red Emperor." She then disappeared mysteriously. After hearing the old woman's strange words, Liu Bang's followers believed that Liu was destined to become a ruler in the future and became more impressed with him. This event is known as the "Uprising of the Slaying of the White Serpent"
>>819534
The one after the Qing
>>819563
>Forever alone
The guy was never alone. He was charismatic as fuck, which made up for him being pretty incompetent in most affairs. He's your anime self-insert protagonist who demonstrates no particularly amazing abilities, but somehow people with greater abilities gravitate to him, except for the part where he starts suspecting everyone after he wins and kills half the people who got him there.
Also he had, what, 72 moles? Which usually is a sign of a high risk of cancer.
>>819560
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZREvulH55Y
Most history books give stillwell a very good rep, but have you considered that Chiang was playing his dominant strategy? He was to draw the Japanese into the interior and employ fabian tactics. How does China gain from sending crack units into a malarial jungle? Why is the fact that Stilwell returned with only 100 men considered proof of superiority? I know he was a lazy cadet, who excelled at wargames. This is part of the reason why I liked him. But having analyzed the underlying strategic positions, I cannot vouch for him any further.
>>819578
I was referring to the artistry.
>>819600
>using 2011 memes
>>819609
It was spot on bro.
>>819598
Not him, but the main point of the CBI excursion was to re-open the Burma road and let deliveries go somewhere other than over the hump, which would strengthen Chiang's hand.
>>819768
Yes, I was aware of the basic premise of the operation. Did you by any chance happen to watch the video?
>>819529
tfw i dont know how to make a good tea and brandy
i just want to be like yang wenli halp
>>820096
Same.
Have you played Sins of a Solar Empire, Anon? It's very LotGH-esque in terms of combat and scale. No narrative, though, only space combat and grand strategy-esque gameplay with a Civilization-tier tech tree.
>>819598
Interesting talk. In America I feel like the Chinese contributions to WWII are really understated. The history of Manchukuo is interesting.
