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Losses of Soviet Military Specialists (Advisers) in China in 1937–1941
Author(s)
V. S. Milbach, I. S. Nazarenko
Abstract
This article shows the heroic work of Soviet military specialists (advisers) providing international assistance to the Chinese people in the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945. Many Soviet volunteers gave their lives and remained forever on the land of China, honourably fulfilling their military duty. The authors assess the losses, reveal the issues of the social policy of the Soviet Union in the 1930s in relation to the combatants and the families of those killed in China.
About the Authors
Milbach Vladimir Spartakovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Department of Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Disciplines, Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy, 22, Komsomol st., St. Petersburg, 195009, Russian Federation, e-mail: v.milbach@yandex.ru
Nazarenko Igor Sergeevich, Senior Lecturer, Department of Combat Use of Artillery Intelligence Units, Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy, 22, Komsomol st., St. Petersburg, 195009, Russian Federation, e-mail: gocha.nazar@yandex.ru
For citation
Milbach V. S., Nazarenko I. S. Losses of Soviet Military Specialists (Advisers) in China in 1937–1941. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2022, vol. 39, pp. 59-67. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2022.39.59 (in Russian)
Keywords
China, military operations, aviation, operational intelligence, losses, social policy, families of the victims.
UDC
930.1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2022.39.59
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