After the September 18 Incident in 1931, Japan invaded and occupied northeast China. At that time, Zhang Xueliang, who was serving the army, did not resist, but entered the pass. In 1937, Japan launched an all-out war of aggression against China, and it was reasonable that there was no problem in declaring war on Japan twice, but the Nationalist government at that time remained silent.
It was not until December 1941, after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, that the United States reacted, that the Nationalist government discussed the matter, and Lin Sen officially declared that China was at war with Germany, Italy, and Japan.
So why wasn't Chiang Kai-shek declaring war on the outside world? Who is this Lin Sen?
The reason why Lin Sen declared war on the outside world was mainly because the chairman of the National Government at that time was Lin Sen. Although he has no real power, he is after all the nominal head of the false head. Chiang Kai-shek exercised the power of the head of state of the Republic of China as chairman of the Military Commission of the National Government and commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force, and it was not until 1943, after Lin Sen's death in a car accident, that Chiang Kai-shek took over the post, and this position became a position of real power.
Lin Sen was an elder of the Kuomintang, and after Sun Yat-sen's death, he was one of the leaders of the Xishan Conference. When the Nationalist Government in Guangzhou was established, he was elected to the Standing Committee.
Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei and other real power factions began a struggle for power, and finally won the victory.
In 1931, the Nationalist government was divided again, because Chiang Kai-shek detained Hu Hanmin, the chief of the Legislative Yuan, which caused public outrage among all factions in the party, so they began to brew a joint anti-Chiang Kai-shek. The Liangguang warlords, Wang Jingwei, and Sun Ke set up a national government in Guangzhou and sent troops to oppose Chiang Kai-shek.
However, at that time, the September 18 Incident broke out, and in the face of the national crisis, the two sides were forced to cease war and began negotiations, and the result was the confluence of Ning and Guangdong, Hu Hanmin was released, Chiang Kai-shek was dismissed, and Lin Sen became the chairman of the National Government. Lin Sen is not actually responsible for political responsibility, Sun Ke is the chief executive, he has no ability to manage the country at all, not long after, Chiang Kai-shek was once again appointed chairman of the Military Commission, the chairman is still Lin Sen, Wang Jingwei became the chief executive, but we all know that not long after, Wang Jingwei defected to the Japanese and became a traitor.
Many of Lin Sen's actions are mainly based on Chiang Kai-shek, and he will do whatever Chiang Kai-shek says. But although he did not have much power, Lin Sen did a lot of work, and he has been working to abolish the unequal treaties signed by China, the United States, Britain and other powers.
In the face of the all-out war of aggression against China, he also called on "the whole people to rise up and resist with all their might." Unfortunately, when he was accompanying the capital chongqing, he died in a car accident.