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Re: Photo: The Allied victory parade in Nanjing, China, Sep 1945
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Originally Posted by temujin77
Not Chiang or Mao.
Definitely not Mao -- don't forget he was a member of the communist rebels trying to overthrow the Nationalist government at that time. Rebels don't get invited to victory parades 
I don't think the American is Stilwell. Looks too young to be Stilwell... and also, Stilwell was relieved from his CBI duties in Oct 1944, later assigned to the latter stages of the Okinawa campaign in 1945. Because he no longer has "jurisdiction" in China, I don't think he would've gone back to Nanjing for a parade. |
There are other photos that I have seen of Mao and Chiang together while they had "suspended" hostilities to fight the Japanese.
I'm aware that Stilwell had been relieved but nevertheless might have attended a parade at that time. He died only a few months after that photo would have been taken.
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