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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Seeds and Dikes. The most important battles of the last month have been in the lake country of central China (see map inset). Along the meandering Yangtze, in the flatlands between Shasi and Yochow, the Japanese threw an eight-pronged drive southward toward huge, dike-bound Tungting Lake. Using perhaps 40,000 troops and plenty of aircraft, the Japanese quickly overran the area between river and lake...