PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY. Second World War Chinese military subject...

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PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY. Second World War Chinese military subjects, circa 1939-45. Twelve black and white photographs issued by Keystone and other official press agencies, each with printed captions to the reverse, largest 21.5cm x 15cm Subjects comprise: • 'A Scene from the Changsha Front (murdered peasants roped together, hands tied behind their backs - they were shot and thrown into village ponds)'; • 'Cigarettes for the Brave' (Chinese soldiers given cigarettes); • 'Training the Girls of the Chinese Army' (Hunan Province); • 'Chinese Capture Prize Prisoner (Major Nobuji Yanada)'; • 'Chinese Airmen in front of a U.S. Plane (pilots trained in the USA)'; 'Holding Japs at China's 'Back Door' and others, (12)

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21st Aug 24 at 10am BST

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