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Asias Hidden War China vs USSR in 1929
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China and the Soviet Union were viewed for many years as staunch allies. However, the alliance between the two powers had a long history of conflicts between the two, all of which played a major part in the upcoming second world war. Today, we will be covering the 1929 Sino-Soviet War, a war fought over the Chinese Eastern Railway. • Amazon shop (I earn commission on any purchase): https://www.amazon.com/shop/annalsofh... • ______________________ • Support The Channel: • Second Channel ► / @recordedhistories • ♥Patreon ► / tipsyfishs • ♥PayPal ► https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TipsyF • Facebook ►: / tipsyhistory • Have a topic you want to suggest? Say so in the comments below. Subscribe if you enjoyed the video as well, would be super appreciated • Chapters: • 0:00 Intro • 0:50 Background • 2:10 CER history • 3:50 Forces • 5:15 War • • • The Sino-Soviet conflict stemmed from ownership disputes on who owned the Chinese Eastern Railway, a railway that directly connected the major cities of Vladovostok, Seoul, Pyongyang, Harbin and Beijing, which was the only railway that connected China to their northern provinces. The Russians and later Soviets had great interest in the line as it provided a significantly shortened route to and from Vladivostok. The Russians had occupied northern Manchuria during the 1894 Sino-Japanese War, and were granted the rights to build the Eastern Railway by the Qing government. In 1898, construction of a 550-mile spur line began at Harbin, leading southwards through Eastern Manchuria, along the Liaodong Peninsula, to the ice-free port at Lüshun, which the Russians were fortifying and developing into a first-class naval base and marine coaling station for its Far East Fleet. While construction on this line would be completed by 1903, the Russo-Japanese war would see the line at Lushun, as well as the majority of the southern Korean line, fall directly under Japanese control. • On 25 July 1919, the Soviets Assistant Commissar of Foreign Affairs, Lev Karakhan, had issued a manifesto to the Chinese government promising the return of the Eastern Railway to Chinese control at no cost to the government. It would take some years before the two government met for a greater discussion of the railway control, and a secret protocol would be signed on March 14, 1924. The protocol stated that all previous agreements, treaties, and commissions between the Chinese and the former Russian empire were annulled, and a joint commission would later re-visit and revise them. • In regards to the railway, a major obstacle stood in the way of Soviet-Chinese management of the line, that being Zhang Xueliang, the warlord that had control over the Mudken government, and thus, the majority of the northern Manchuria land. With this complication, the Soviets pushed their secret protocol on the central government, while striking a deal with Xueliang himself, they promised him full control of choosing which Chinese officials would be on the joint board of the CER, and granted him just shy of half of the total control of the railway as well. Here, the Soviets managed to spring their trap, as while Xueliang would have control over the Chinese officials appointed, the secret protocol signed earlier with the Chinese government, gave the Soviets nearly total control over appointments, meaning that the majority of the board, would be manned by Soviet officials.
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