Relations between the Soviet Union and China on the eve and during the second world war

Abstract

The first hotspots of WWII sprang up in the Far Eastern region of Asia because of the aggressive actions of Japan, the intent of which was directed at China. In the summer of 1937, upon occupying China’s northeastern provinces and creating there the puppet state of Manchukuo, Japan, under the slogan Pan-Asianism ideas, the seizure of China at large started. Under this threat, the leadership of the Republic of China announced its readiness to fight against the aggressor and to carry on a long war with Japan. The Soviet Union began to provide serious support for China’s military by supplying weapons and sending military advisers, specialists, and volunteer pilots. In fact, during the war between China and Japan, the Soviet Union and the Republic of China formed a strategic partnership. Therefore, the Soviet support of China’s integrity helped its people to preserve the country in the general front of the Allied Powers in WWII.