Ma Zhanshan, a general in the Chinese Army who had surrendered in January 1932 and joined the
Manchukuo
Manchukuo, officially known as the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of Great Manchuria thereafter, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945. It was ostens ...
regime, rebelled again in late April, forming his own volunteer army in
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...
province at the beginning of May, and then he established another 11 troops of volunteers at
Buxi,
Gannan,
Keshan,
Kedong, and other places and thus established the Northeast Counter-Japanese National Salvation Army with Ma appointed as Commander-in-Chief, with the
other volunteer armies as subordinates, at least in name.
See also
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The Empire of Japan's Kwantung Army invaded the Manchuria region of the Republic of China on 18 September 1931, immediately following the Mukden incident, a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext to invade. At the ...
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Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...
Sources
Coogan, Anthony, The volunteer armies of Northeast China, History Today; July 1993, Vol. 43 Issue 7, pp.36-41Notes On A Guerrilla Campaign, from http://www.democraticunderground.com accessed November 4, 2006
Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies
Military units and formations established in 1932
Disbanded armies