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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: cuprum on August 12, 2018, 03:23:09 PM

Title: Chinese militia in 1944 (photo)
Post by: cuprum on August 12, 2018, 03:23:09 PM

(http://wx4.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f496928ly1ftc7w3ghwvj20e00iowkm.jpg)

(http://wx1.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f496928ly1ftc7w376c0j20eb0lb449.jpg)

(http://wx1.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f496928ly1ftc7w37n9ij20e30kndlq.jpg)

(http://wx2.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f496928ly1ftc7w388cbj20e30lfwl8.jpg)

(http://wx2.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f496928ly1ftc7w38a24j20ds0ien5p.jpg)

(http://wx4.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f496928ly1ftc7w380egj20ig0dun4e.jpg)

(http://wx3.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f496928ly1ftc7w37vp0j20ee0lc44y.jpg)

Title: Re: Chinese militia in 1944 (photo)
Post by: zippyfusenet on August 12, 2018, 10:08:42 PM

China's a big country. Can you be more specific about where these photos were taken?

Title: Re: Chinese militia in 1944 (photo)
Post by: cuprum on August 13, 2018, 02:08:42 AM

Alas, I do not know...

Title: Re: Chinese militia in 1944 (photo)
Post by: Gundamentalist 5.56 on August 13, 2018, 09:11:27 PM

Using Google Image to find an original, and Google Translate to read a caption:
"In the summer of 1944, American journalist Harrison Foreman arrived at the Atlas of Yanan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia"

Looks like someone found Foreman's photos online and reposted them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Forman

Title: Re: Chinese militia in 1944 (photo)
Post by: traveller on August 13, 2018, 10:21:44 PM

Great photos! I need to do some militia for shanghai 1932 and 1937 so this was great inspiration. Thanks for sharing!

Title: Re: Chinese militia in 1944 (photo)
Post by: zippyfusenet on August 13, 2018, 10:31:30 PM

Thanks for that Gundamentalist. So these fellas were out in the wild west. From the Wiki article, Forman had a penchant for the Chinese Reds, but two men in these photos seem to be wearing KMT field caps. Interesting.

Title: Re: Chinese militia in 1944 (photo)
Post by: grant on August 14, 2018, 12:23:57 AM

So... No dental plan in ‘44.  :D