Author Topic: Manchu and Mongol Qing Banner Troops in Manchukuo (Read 3954 times)

Lagartija Mike · « **on:** 29 May 2015, 04:36:49 AM »

Did the Manchukuo puppet/client state retain any of the military elements of the defunct Qing (Ch'ing) dynasty?

88D · « **Reply #1 on:** 07 June 2015, 02:45:42 PM »

I don't think so, From what I have read they where a japanese organised and trained army.

FramFramson · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 June 2015, 05:11:09 PM »

Yes, I think it was just the figurehead Qing emperor.

Lagartija Mike · « **Reply #3 on:** 08 June 2015, 01:47:02 AM »

Too bad, I was kinda hoping for some scraggly old court uniforms rushing against the machine guns....

Von Stroheim · « **Reply #4 on:** 08 June 2015, 02:42:29 PM »

You might be interested in this upcoming Osprey on Imperial Armies from 1839 -1911.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Chinese-Armies-Men-At-Arms-Osprey/dp/1472814274/ref=sr_1_19?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433770575&sr=1-19

Author is Philip Jowett who did the Ospreys on China Warlords, Civil war etc. The illustrator is Gerry Embleton but you will have to wait to next April.

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