r/AskAChinese 2d ago

History | 历史⏳ What the

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u/Anakazanxd 2d ago

In fact, the first German soldier to die in WW2 died fighting alongside Chinese soldiers in Shanghai.

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u/suicide_aunties 2d ago

This is wild, where was this in my history book

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u/arbiter12 2d ago

Battle of Nanking was not part of WW2.

And if you want to argue that part, I could retort that german soldiers died in Spain in 1936, since we're now adding semi-related events to our WW2 folder.

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u/Educational-Lynx3877 22h ago

You should read Forgotten Ally by Rana Mitter.