Betrayed Ally: China in the Great War

by Frances Wood and Christopher Arnander

Book Overview

The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity and take its first tentative steps as a full member of the global community. In 1912 the Qing Dynasty had ended. President Yuan Shikai, who seized power in 1914, offered the British 50,000 troops to recover the German colony in Shandong but this was refused. In 1916 China sent a vast army of labourers to Europe. In 1917 she declared war on Germany despite this effectively making the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526797003
• ISBN13: 9781526797001
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"