Eight years of war of resistance and thirteen years of war of resistance?

There is no thirteen-year war of resistance, only eight years of resistance and fourteen years of resistance. It is only said that the reason why it became an eight-year war of resistance and a fourteen-year war of resistance is because of the controversy over the starting time of the war of resistance.

War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression ended on1August, 945 15, but there is controversy about its starting time. It is generally believed that a full-scale War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression began with the Lugouqiao Incident on July 7, 1937, and ended with the unconditional surrender of Japan on August 5, 1945, which lasted for eight days in July, * * * eight years, hence the name of the Eight-Year War of Resistance.

There is also a view that this war can be traced back to the September 18th Incident of 193 1, which was the beginning of the local anti-Japanese war led by the government in private, hence the fourteen-year anti-Japanese war theory.

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The reason why the time of the Anti-Japanese War is controversial is that during the six years of the Anti-Japanese War, China and Japan, for their own reasons, always controlled the scale of the war and did not expand to the national war.

There is another view that 194 165438, two days after the Pearl Harbor incident broke out, the government of the Republic of China declared war on China publicly, because according to the backward level of heavy industry and international status at that time, could only face the international arms embargo and could not make up for the war losses.

In this way, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression lasted less than four years. During this period, the war spread to the whole Pacific region, China, the United States, Britain and other allies fought against Japan, and China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression became an important part of the Pacific War in World War II.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Eight Years of Anti-Japanese War (Time Debate)