How it was 24.10.2001 (2001)

The program theme is "Weapons for China" 1937-50. In 1937, after the start of direct Japanese aggression against China, the USSR provided the Chinese with large loans, military equipment and advisers - tankers, artillerymen, pilots.

The latter took direct part in air battles, 211 Soviet pilots died and were buried in China.

This military aid continued in the 40s.

After the end of World War II, when the civil war between the Kuomintang and the communists flared up again in China, the USSR actively supported Mao.

In 1950, Soviet military experts created an air defense system that protected Shanghai from Kuomintang air raids - 6 American-made aircraft were shot down in these air battles.

According to official data, in 1946-50 In China, 936 Soviet servicemen were killed or died from wounds and diseases – more than in any other local conflict of the second half of the 20th century, except for Afghanistan.

In the studio – participants in the military actions in China in 1937-50: Ivanov V.I. – deputy chairman of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society, Yurkevich I.I. – participant in the military actions in China in the 50s, Zhelvakov A.K. – chief of the captured Emperor Pu Yi in 1945, Fedorov S.Ya. – participant in the war in China in 1937-39, Kalachev G.A. – participant in the war in China in 1945, Rovnin Andrey – participant in the war in China in 1937-39. Chronicle: Damansky Island incident on the Soviet-Chinese border, Soviet soldiers pushing back the Chinese, soldiers in armored personnel carriers, a soldier firing a machine gun, an ID card pierced by a bullet, Mao Zedong on the platform, Chinese parade, Soviet artillerymen firing cannons, a light Soviet BT-7 tank, advancing soldiers, soldiers entering a house, Japanese soldiers surrendering and throwing down their weapons, Chinese greeting Soviet troops.