Events in the year 1941 in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

Incumbents

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Lin Sen Lin Sen (; 16 March 1868 – 1 August 1943), courtesy name Tze-chao (子超), sobriquet Chang-jen (長仁), was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China from 1931 until his death. Early li ...

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Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

* Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi *Foreign Minister: Wang Ch'ung-hui until April, then Quo Tai-chi

Events

January

*January 7–13 - New Fourth Army incident *January 30–March 1 -

Battle of South Henan The Battle of South Henan (), was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. This battle was the first time the NRA engaged the Japanese in sout ...

March

*March - Western Hubei Operation *March 14–April 9 -

Battle of Shanggao The Battle of Shanggao (), also called Operation Kinkō ( ja, 錦江作戦), was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanes ...

May

*May 7–27 -

Battle of South Shanxi The Battle of South Shanxi , also known as the Battle of Jinnan () and Zhongtiao Mountains campaign () by the Chinese and as the Chungyuan Operation by the Japanese, was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and ...

July

* 1 July - Germany and Italy both Recognized "

Wang Jingwei regime The Wang Jingwei regime or the Wang Ching-wei regime is the common name of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China ( zh , t = 中華民國國民政府 , p = Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guómín Zhèngfǔ ), the government of the pu ...

" (Nanjing) * 2 July - the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chongqing)), Announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany and Italy

September

*September 6 – October 8 -

Battle of Changsha (1941) The Battle of Changsha (6 September – 8 October 1941; ) was Japan's second attempt at taking the city of Changsha, China, the capital of Hunan Province, as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) o ...

December

*9 December- The government of Republic of China (The Nationalist Government (Chongqing)) declared war on

Axis powers The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were ...

(Japan, Germany and Italy).

Births

*March 28 - Philip Fang, Hong Kong simultaneous interpretation specialist, United Nations official (d. 2013) *July -

Wu Bangguo Wu Bangguo (born 12 July 1941) is a retired high-ranking politician in the People's Republic of China. He was the Chairman and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 t ...

Deaths

*March 14 -

Yuan Guoping Yuan Guoping (; 1906 – March 14, 1941) was a Communist army officer who participated in the Northern Expedition, the first phase of the Chinese Civil War (1927–37) and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Early life Born in Baoqing (in present-day ...

and

Zhou Zikun Zhou Zikun () (1901 – March 14, 1941) was a Chinese communist officer who fought in the first phase of the Chinese Civil War (1927–1937) and the Second Sino-Japanese War, eventually becoming deputy chief of staff of the New Fourth Army. Early ...

* Xiang Ying *April 24 -

Xie Jinyuan Xie Jinyuan (Hsieh Chin-yuan; 26 April 1905 – 24 April 1941) was a Chinese Nationalist military officer famous for commanding the Defense of Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Biography Xie was ...

References

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