ABSTRACT
China, Burma, and India constituted what was known as the CBI theater of the conflict. It was under a unified Allied command for most of the war. Allied veterans who participated in campaigns there consider that they have long been ignored. In truth, their real complaint may be that the fighting in the CBI theater was not decisive in defeating the Japanese. China had been ruled by the Manchu dynasty until 1911, when a republican revolution forced the abdication of the last emperor, the boy Henry Pu-yi. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, widely regarded as the father of the revolution, was not in China when the revolution toppled Pu-yi from his throne. Chiang never had a proper chance to implement his plans for reform. In 1931 he was confronted with the loss of his wealthiest province, Manchuria, to the Japanese, a blow from which China would not recover until after 1945.
