Word: hainan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dreadful bombing and subsequent capture of Canton (TIME, June 30, 1938), cutting off the supply route from Britain's Hong Kong to the interior; the investment of most of the coast line as far down as Hong Kong; the occupation, for strategic reasons, of Hainan Island; and terrific bombings of Chungking-which served to consolidate rather than break Chinese morale...
This was a lot to swallow, but on instructions from defeated Bordeaux, Ambassador Arsene-Henry acceded. Of course, the Japanese were not satisfied. The Navy concentrated several units, including an aircraft carrier, off Hainan Island, opposite the French Indo-Chinese port of Haiphong. The Army was reported moving troops down from the Yangtze area, with 100,000 already billeted on Hainan...