Photos revive memory of war against Japanese aggression
2022-09-03
Today marks the 77th anniversary of China's victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-1945) and the World Anti-Fascist War. Here are some photos that revive the memory of the war.
A photo shows the Japanese signing their surrender at a ceremony held on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept 2, 1945. [Photo/Xinhua]
A photo shows a machine gun nest of a unit of the 115th division at the Battle of Pingxingguan during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. [Photo/Xinhua]
A photo shows the Eighth Route Army fighting on the Great Wall during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. [Photo/Xinhua]
A photo shows a Chinese machine gunner firing at enemies. The Chinese army fought bravely against Japanese aggression during the Battle of Taiyuan in October of 1938. [Photo/VCG]
A photo shows a Chinese soldier on guard at the Lugou bridge prior to the Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937 that marked the beginning of Japan's full-scale invasion of China. [Photo/VCG]
Members of the Eighth Route Army cheer for victory at a beacon tower of the Great Wall in Laiyuan, Hebei province, during the Hundred-Regiment Campaign in 1940. [Photo/VCG]
File photo taken on Sep 9, 1945 shows He Yingqin (R), representative of the Chinese government, receiving the surrender of Japan in Nanjing. [Photo/VCG]
Veterans, whose average age is more than 78, salute to the spectators during the commemoration ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, Sept 3, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
