Timeline of Chiang Kai-shek


This is a timeline of Chiang Kai-shek's life.

1910s

1940s

YearDateEvent
1940JanuaryWang Jingwei defects to the Japanese and sets up the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China in Nanjing
1940AugustHundred Regiments Offensive: The Eighth Route Army attacks Japanese occupied areas in Shanxi and Hebei
1940DecemberHundred Regiments Offensive: The communist offensive is reversed and Japanese retaliation reduces the population of communist base areas by 19 million
19417 JanuaryNew Fourth Army incident: The New Fourth Army moves south into ROC territory and clash with NRA forces
194130 JanuaryBattle of South Henan: NRA and Japanese forces clash in South Henan
19418 DecemberAttack on Pearl Harbor: Jiang receives news of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
194124 DecemberBattle of Changsha (1942): Japanese forces attack Changsha
194215 JanuaryBattle of Changsha (1942): Japanese forces withdraw from Changsha and suffer heavy losses from a Chinese encirclement maneuver
194218 FebruaryJiang meets Gandhi outside Kolkata
194227 FebruaryJiang visits Lashio
194219 MarchBattle of Toungoo: Japanese forces attack NRA troops at Toungoo
194230 MarchBattle of Toungoo: NRA troops withdraw
194218 AprilDoolittle Raid: American bombers crash land in China
194219 AprilBattle of Yenangyaung: NRA forces assist British troops from escaping a Japanese encirclement
194220 AprilBattle of Yenangyaung: Japanese forces destroy the Sixth Army's Temporary 55th Division
194229 AprilThe Japanese seize Lashio
1942AprilBattle of West Hubei: Japanese forces enter Hubei and Hunan to loot and collect supplies
19425 MayJoseph Stilwell leaves his soldiers and walks out to India
194215 MayZhejiang-Jiangxi campaign: Japanese forces devastate Zhejiang and Jiangxi in reprisal for the Doolittle Raid, killing hundreds of thousands
19422 JuneJoseph Stilwell flies back to Chongqing
194210 OctoberJiang announces that Washington and London have agreed to drop "extraterritoriality"
19432 NovemberBattle of Changde: Japanese forces capture Changde
194321 NovemberCairo Conference: Jiang and Mme. Chiang arrive in Cairo
19431 DecemberThe Cairo Declaration promises to return all territories Japan had stolen from China
19437 DecemberRoosevelt and Churchill inform Chiang from Tehran Conference that promised aid would not be available
194320 DecemberBattle of Changde: Japanese forces are forced to withdraw from Changde
194419 AprilOperation Ichigo: Japanese forces begin their largest land operation and cross the Yellow River into Henan
194425 MayBattle of Central Henan: Jiang gives the orders to withdraw
194426 JuneBattle of Changsha (1944): Zhang Deneng gives the orders to abandon Changsha
194422 JuneDefense of Hengyang: Japanese forces lay siege to Hengyang
19443 AugustSiege of Myitkyina: Allied forces take Myitkyina
19448 AugustDefense of Hengyang: Japanese forces take Hengyang
194424 NovemberBattle of Guilin–Liuzhou: Japanese forces take Guilin and Liuzhou
19459 AprilBattle of West Hunan: Japanese forces advance into western Hunan
19457 JuneBattle of West Hunan: Japanese forces are routed
194515 AugustVictory over Japan Day: Jiang receives news of Japan's surrender and he broadcasts a victory speech throughout all of China
194529 AugustChongqing Negotiations: Mao and Jiang start negotiations
194516 DecemberJiang visits Beijing
194613 JanuaryJiang and Mao agree to cease-fire following the convening of the Political Consultative Assembly

1970s

YearDateEvent
19755 AprilJiang dies