introduction
As we all know, the Second World War was a catastrophe for mankind, and many countries around the world were involved in this battlefield, with heavy casualties and huge property losses. The Axis powers led by Germany, Italy, and Japan have carried out crazy invasions of other countries, the main battlefields of Germany and Italy are in Europe, and the main battlefields of Japan are in Asia, and the three Axis powers have brought heavy disasters to the people of the world.
On the European battlefield, Germany's main opponents were Britain and France, and it is worth mentioning that Germany captured France in only 39 days. In Asia, Japan spent a lot of manpower and material resources in the process of invading China, starting from 9/18 and fighting for 14 years.
China and France were equally in trouble, attacked by fascist states, and in World War II, why China was able to fight the Japanese army for 14 years, while France surrendered in just 39 days. What are the reasons for this? Let's talk about it.
own conditions
China and France have different conditions, intuitively speaking, China has a large area, and France's area is not as large as China, or even not as large as a large province in China. China, which has a large land area, has a long strategic depth, while France's depth is too short to have many retreats like China.
Take China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression as an example, after the July 7 Incident, although Japan launched an all-out invasion of our country and occupied many provinces in our country, because of its vast territory, china can temporarily retreat to the great southwest and the great northwest region, such as Xikang, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Xinjiang and other major provinces.
France is different, since Germany launched the war against France, France can be described as a touch of collapse, of course, there are Advanced German tactics as the basis, but France in the touch of the collapse at the same time, because of the factor of land area, is unable to retreat, otherwise there would be no dunkirk-like big escape.
Although our army is far inferior to the French army in terms of weapons and equipment, china's land area is large, and the mountains and roads in the southwest region are dangerous, and it is difficult for the mechanized troops of the Japanese army to exert their normal performance. Like many provinces in the southeast, because the terrain is flat, it is conducive to mechanized troops to fight, so the Japanese army is more powerful there.
As we all know, France is basically a plain country, the plain area is conducive to mechanized troops to fight, in World War II, Germany adopted the method of blitzkrieg, and did not give France much time to prepare, so when a large number of German aircraft and tanks together with armored vehicles attacked the French deep area, the French reaction was too late, so the French army only insisted for 39 days before the German surrender.
The understanding of the wars in Europe and Asia is different in different cultures
In many Western countries, it is irrelevant for a soldier to surrender under certain conditions and will not be prosecuted in any way, but in the Eastern countries, if a soldier surrenders to the enemy, no matter what the reason, he will be regarded as a traitor, a traitor, and a traitor.
Among the countries of the East, most of them have the spirit of preferring to be crushed by jade rather than to be completed, and it is a shame to surrender to the enemy. It is not surprising that most countries in the West will choose to surrender when they have already lost, which is a normal choice for them. Therefore, the French, unable to hold Paris, chose to surrender to the Germans, thus avoiding more casualties.
At the level of understanding war, the West and the East are still different, it is very normal for there to be friction between Western countries, and wars are relatively frequent, but wars between Eastern countries are not very likely to occur, and once there is a war, I am afraid that it is a war of annihilation, not just the conquest of the country.
For example, Japan deliberately established "Manchukuo" in the northeast and spread their Chinese characters, culture, and ideas there, in order to fundamentally change the people there and make them forget that they are a Chinese, but they are "Manchukuo" people supported by Japan, which is far more terrifying than occupying a piece of land and signing a surrender.
epilogue
China and France are also facing the invasion of strong enemies, France's approach is to surrender, China's approach is to resist, and the reasons why the two countries choose differently are different from their own conditions and cultures.
Chinese has backbone, and the spirit of preferring to be crushed for jade rather than for Waquan has existed since ancient times. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, more than 30 million people lost their lives, some of them were slaughtered by the Japanese army, some of them sacrificed on the battlefield, they were not willing to be slaves to the country, they were all backbone Chinese.
From the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we can see that although there was factional rivalry among the Chinese people and there were dynastic changes in successive dynasties, once there was an invasion by a foreign enemy, our Chinese nation was still able to unite and jointly resist foreign enemies.