Picture No | 10719738 |
Date | 1927 |
Description | Chinese Civil War |
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An anti "red" gunner ready to load a stokes trench-mortar. At the time the warring parties are divided into two group, on the one side, the northern "anti-Red" allies, Chang Tso-lin, Wu Pei-fu, and Sun Chuan-fang; and on the other side the Cantonese under Chiang Kai-sheh (with Russian advisers), who have established themselves at Hankow and are expected to threaten Shanghai.
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Source | Front cover photograph by Topical in 'The Illustrated London News', 29 January 1927 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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