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    The defense of the Great Wall (simplified Chinese: 长城抗战; traditional Chinese: 長城抗戰; pinyin: Chángchéng Kàngzhàn) (January 1 – May 31, 1933) was a campaign...
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    border walls. The best-known sections of the wall were built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Apart from defense, other purposes of the Great Wall have...
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  • The following units and commanders fought in the Defense of the Great Wall of the Second Sino-Japanese War. List as of 20 March 1933. Military Committee...
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    The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) and Warring States...
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    (14)) The Great Wall of Gorgan is a Sasanian-era defense system located near modern Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern Iran, at the southeastern...
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    120.0761028 The Great Wall of Qi (simplified Chinese: 齐长城; traditional Chinese: 齊長城; pinyin: Qí Chángchéng) is the oldest existing Great Wall in China....
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  • Guizhou in the south. It is mostly built on steep ridges. Different from the Great Wall in the North, the defense purpose of the Great Wall of Miao is not...
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    The defense lines (or "limes") of the Sasanians were part of their military strategy and tactics. They were networks of fortifications, walls, and/or...
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    The Ming Great Wall (Chinese: 明長城; pinyin: Míng Chángchéng), built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), forms the most visible parts of the Great Wall of...
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    Song Zheyuan (category Recipients of the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun)
    led the 29th army to resist the aggression in a war known as the Defense of the Great Wall (熱河長城之戰). Japanese troops then entered the suburbs of Beijing...
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    22167; 124.51528 The Hushan or Tiger Mountain Great Wall (Chinese: 虎山长城; pinyin: Hǔshān Chángchéng), is a section of the Ming Great Wall in Kuandian Manchu...
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    before the full-scale combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War erupted in earnest in 1937. Operation Jehol order of battle Defense of the Great Wall Phillips...
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  • 1931 Defense of Harbin January 1932 Shanghai January 1932 Pacification of Manchukuo March 1932 Defense of the Great Wall January 1933 Battle of Rehe February...
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  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria (September 18, 1931 – February 26, 1932) January 28 incident (January 28 – March 3, 1932) Defense of the Great Wall (January 1...
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    notable defense lines include: Great Wall of China, China Sassanian defense lines Great Wall of Gorgan, Persia Derbent Walls Defense lines of the Netherlands...
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    led the Chinese defenses with about 100 men, with orders to hold the bridge at all costs. The Chinese were able to hold the bridge with the help of reinforcements...
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    invasion of Manchuria (1931) January 28 incident (Shanghai, 1932) Defense of the Great Wall (1933) Marco Polo Bridge incident (7 July 1937) History of Sino-Japanese...
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  • The Underground Great Wall of China (Chinese: 地下长城; pinyin: Dìxià Chángchéng) is the informal name for the 3,000 mile (5,000km) system of tunnels used...
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  • Yixian Formation (category Geologic formations of China)
    of Japan occupied China's Rehe ("Jehol") Province after the Defense of the Great Wall in 1933. Many Japanese scientists had noticed fossil remains of...
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    The Mexico–United States border wall (Spanish: muro fronterizo Estados Unidos–México) is a series of vertical barriers along the Mexico–United States border...
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    city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China, Walls of Benin, Hadrian's Wall, Anastasian Wall, and the Atlantic...
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    The Trump wall, commonly referred to as "The Wall", is an expansion of the Mexico–United States barrier that started during the U.S. presidency of Donald...
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    Mukden Incident (18 September 1931) Defense of the Great Wall (1933) Marco Polo Bridge Incident (7 July 1937) Battle of Shanghai (1937) Robert McCawley Short...
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  • complemented by a defensive wall constructed of limestone blocks. Together, the moats and walls constituted defenses. The British punitive expedition...
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    Xu Tingyao (category Republic of China politicians from Anhui)
    of China Army general from Wuwei, Anhui. General Xu commanded 17th Army during the Defense of the Great Wall in 1933, taking temporary command of the...
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    Pang Bingxun (category Recipients of the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun)
    North China against the Imperial Japanese Army invasion led by Field Marshal Baron Nobuyoshi Mutō in the Defense of the Great Wall. In 1935, General Feng...
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    Liu Yuzhang (category Recipients of the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun)
    during the Defense of the Great Wall, in which he suffered a minor wound. After the war against Japan broke out in 1937, he distinguished himself in the Battle...
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  • 7-Man Army (category Great Wall of China)
    invade Badaolouzi, a strategic point along the Great Wall of China. The Defense of the Great Wall was one of the earliest battles, or "incidents," between...
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    Schleicher Chancellor of Germany. January 1 Defense of the Great Wall: Japan attacks the fortified eastern end of the Great Wall of China in Rehe Province...
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    space of immunity from German attack." According to Carr, the "bastion" created by means of the pact "was and could only be, a line of defense against...
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