The Battle of China

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The Battle of China is a World War II-era American documentary film directed by Frank Capra that chronicles Japan’s invasion of China and highlights Chinese resistance as part of the U.S. government’s Why We Fight propaganda series.

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The Battle of China canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
propaganda film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
aimsTo increase support for the Allied war effort ⓘ
shape American perceptions of China ⓘ
associatedWith Frank Capra's Why We Fight project ⓘ
commissionedBy Office of War Information ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts Chinese Nationalist forces ⓘ
Chinese civilian population ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
director Frank Capra ⓘ
genre documentary ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ
war documentary ⓘ
historicalPeriodCovered 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
mainSubject Chinese resistance in World War II ⓘ
Japanese invasion of China ⓘ
Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
medium black-and-white film ⓘ
narrativeFocus atrocities committed by Japanese forces in China ⓘ
strategic importance of China in World War II ⓘ
unity of Chinese people against Japan ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf U.S. government information program during World War II ⓘ
partOfSeries Why We Fight ⓘ
portrays China as key ally in the Pacific theater ⓘ
Chinese Nationalist government as ally of the United States ⓘ
Japan as aggressor state ⓘ
producer U.S. War Department ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
productionContext World War II home front in the United States ⓘ
propagandaSide Allies ⓘ
purpose to justify American involvement in World War II ⓘ
to promote support for China among American audiences ⓘ
wartime propaganda ⓘ
seriesNumberWithin Why We Fight series ⓘ
targetAudience American public ⓘ
American soldiers ⓘ
uses archival footage ⓘ
maps and animated graphics ⓘ
voice-over narration ⓘ

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Why We Fight (film series) → part → The Battle of China ⓘ
Why We Fight → hasPart → The Battle of China ⓘ