The Ministry of National Defense is holding an exhibition in Taipei to highlight the Republic of China’s (ROC) War of Resistance Against Japan as part of a series of events to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in 1945.
The exhibition opened on Tuesday, the date the war began in 1937. It is to run through June 24 next year at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.
The exhibition includes 24 large oil paintings depicting major incidents and battles in the war, such as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident that triggered the eight-year fight against Japan, the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese troops and battles at Changsha, where the ROC military resisted Japan’s aggression.
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The Cairo Conference in 1943 with the ROC, the UK and the US, is also depicted, as is the Japanese surrender in Nanjing, China.
A massive map at the center of the venue depicts China during the war.
Historical photos and documents related to significant battles during the war — which was fought almost entirely on Chinese soil — are also on display.
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The ministry said nearly 3.22 million ROC service members and officers died or were injured during the conflict. At least 20 million civilians died in the war, it added.
“The exhibition is aimed at commemorating the victory against Japan, and also the beginning of peace and the end of rivalry,” it added.
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