China
China in World War I
The Beiyang Army (literally “North Ocean Army”) was a powerful, Western-style Chinese military force created by the Qing Dynasty government in the late 19th century. It was the centerpiece of a general reconstruction of China’s military system. The Beiyang Army played a major role in Chinese politics for at least three decades and arguably right up to 1949. It made…
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QING DYNASTY
Soldiers of the Blue banner during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. The Qing dynasty, established by the Manchus, was the last imperial dynasty in China, lasting from the Manchus’ capture of Beijing—the capital of the preceding dynasty, Ming—in 1644 to the founding of the Republic of China in 1912.…
IMPERIAL CHINA MILITARY
The military history of Imperial China before the nineteenth-century Western impact shows considerable variation from period to period, depending on changing historical circumstances and the differing social bases of successive dynasties. It also shows continuity related to the persistence of the major cultural factors that came together in the Han…
Siege of Pyongyang
Chinese cavalry and infantry attacking the walls of Pyongyang in 1593, from a Chinese painted screen in the Hizen-Nagoya castle museum Date: February 8-10, 1593 Location: Pyongyang, in present-day North Korea OPPONENTS 1. Ming Dynasty Northern Army Commander: General Li Rusong 2. Samurai Armies of Japan Commanders: So Yoshitosi, Kato…
CO-ORBITAL SATELLITE FIGHTER DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL TESTING – 1963-1982
A US Defense Intelligence Agency diagram showing the various means by which one satellite might attack another. There are 39 spacecraft flights that can be directly attributed to the Soviet Counter-Space Defence Satellite fighter (IS interceptor) Complex development and operational test programs. The first spacecraft that can positively be attributed…
BLACK BATS/CATS
Chinese Air Force 34SQ Black Bats — P2V-7U VS Mig-15 Bis. Artist Franky Yeh For nearly two decades Nationalist pilots flew signals intelligence collection platforms, aerial reconnaissance missions, leaflet drops and agent insertions. The cost to the elite 34th Squadron, which was equipped with the Douglas A-26C/B-26C, P2V-7/RB-69As, C-54s, C-123,…
Battle of Changping 260Â BC
In the famous battle of Changping in 260 BC, Qin’s commander, Bo Qi, “allowed Zhao’s forces to advance in the center, encircled them on the flanks, cut their supply lines, and seized the fortifications they had left behind.” Giuseppe Rava The great battle of Changping, though more geographically concentrated than…