Asia Pacific 73 years ago today: Reclaiming China (27 Mar 1946) https://buff.ly/2Orr6Pu During the war in China, the Communists had gradually built up power in the rural areas behind Japanese lines. When the war ended, they vied with the Nationalists to accept Japanese surrenders and gain control of strategic towns, while also infiltrating Soviet-occupied Manchuria. In response, the Nationalists made use of their US allies to airlift troops into important cities in the north. #asiapacific #history #welovemaps #map #1940s #1946 #britishcommonwealth #occupationofjapan #britishempire #chinesecivilwar #chinesecommunists #chinesehistory #coldwar #indochina #dutcheastindies #japaneseempire #japanesehistory #kuomintang #manchuria #march #march27 #northvietnam #sovietunion #ussr #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek (at Beijing, China) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvgHkzpgUH_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r69rtelxqls8