"Flowers of War WW2" Topic
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combatpainter  | 20 Nov 2012 6:33 p.m. PST |
The Chinese soldiers seem to carry German equipment-helmets and grenades. Hm… Japanese equipment looks authentic. Can someone comment about this? |
| kyoteblue | 20 Nov 2012 6:51 p.m. PST |
I think the Germans trained and equipped at least one Chinese Div. |
| mghFond | 20 Nov 2012 8:32 p.m. PST |
More than one division was equipped with German helmets and they committed them against the Japanese at Shanghai and lost some of their best troops. |
| Jemima Fawr | 20 Nov 2012 11:00 p.m. PST |
Four or five Chinese divisions were German-trained and used German kit. Some other divisions also received some German kit, including helmets:
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| combatpainter | 21 Nov 2012 4:54 a.m. PST |
All this must have happened pretty quick, like between(1933-1937), since Versailles treaty would not allow it. Hmmm.. |
| Altius | 21 Nov 2012 5:13 a.m. PST |
That's exactly when it happened. They managed to get 8 divisions trained and equipped by the nazis. These were Chiang Kai-Chek's Kuomintang forces. Most Chinese troops retained their old uniforms. |
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