military, were able to take over key cities and most railway lines in East and North China. Nationalist troops, using transportation facilities of the U.S. JapanвЂ™s defeat set off a race between the Nationalists and Communists to control vital resources and population centres in northern China and Manchuria. The end of World War II did not mark the end of conflict in China, however. Millions had perished in combat, and many millions more had died as a result of starvation or disease. By the time Japan accepted the surrender terms of the Potsdam Declaration on August 14, 1945, China had endured decades of Japanese occupation and eight years of brutal warfare. Each was essentially pitted against the other two, although Chinese military forces were ostensibly allied under the banner of the United Front. The end of World War II and the collapse of the United FrontДuring the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937вЂ“45), China was effectively divided into three regions-Nationalist China under control of the government, Communist China, and the areas occupied by Japan.

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