Although the air battles between the Chinese and Japanese pilots above the sky of China from 1937 to 1941 was considered by Westerners a forgotten war, it was still too important for the people to deny. For the Japanese pilots, those were their first chance to earn experiences about fighting other pilots in the air. As for the Chinese pilots, those were absolutely deadly struggles for them to protect their motherland from the invaders.
Even for the Americans, it was their only chance to observe and learn about the planes and tactics used by their future enemy in the Pacific Theater. In order to understand how the war began, we should all look back on August 14, 1937 when everything started in Shanghai.
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