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2 unusual facts about Jiangqiao


Jiangqiao

Jiangqiao Campaign, campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War which occurred in the above town

Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge, battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War which occurred in the above town


Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge

In November 1931, the acting governor of Heilongjiang province General Ma Zhanshan chose to disobey the Kuomintang government's ban on further resistance to the Japanese invasion and attempted to prevent Japanese forces from crossing into Heilongjiang province by defending a strategic railway bridge across the Nen River near Jiangqiao.


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