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Word: tsingteh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...western allies. A U.S. military mission was going to Chungking. Last week Chinese land forces launched an offensive that carried them to the gates of Nanchang and Foochow, the latter on the coast 880 miles east of Chungking. China's minuscule but growing Air Force bombed Hanshan and Tsingteh, nearly 700 miles from Chungking, and returned without a casualty. By 1943 China expected to be strong enough in the air to bomb the Japanese on their own soil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: FAR EASTERN THEATER: Waiting for 1943 | 9/8/1941 | See Source »

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