It has been 60 years since the end of the Second World War, but the study of the history of the Second World War is still a hot spot in the international historians. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 30,000 kinds of works in this field. In our country, as early as the eve of the victory of the world anti-fascist war, there have been works on this subject.
1In June, 944, Hunan Qunshe published the History of World War II edited by Wen. Since the founding of New China, especially since the 1980s, the research on the history of the Second World War has received unprecedented attention from the academic circles in China, and related research results have blossomed.
Establish their own theoretical system and discourse system, and form distinctive China characteristics.
For more than half a century, China's research on the history of World War II has established its own theoretical system and discourse system, showing distinctive China characteristics.
Fully grasp the historical documents and materials, and strive to put forward some convincing new ideas. For example, regarding the nature of the Second World War, the book History of the Second World War (People's Publishing House, 1982 edition) edited by Zhu Guisheng, Wang Zhende and Zhang Chunnian, on the basis of fully grasping and analyzing historical documents, put forward some viewpoints different from traditional understanding: the nature of the imperialist war in the early days of the war was very short, only before the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, 6500 years. At this time, this war has already possessed the nature of anti-fascist war.
In the spirit of "learning from others' strengths and deliberately seeking truth from facts", we make our own judgments on some major theoretical issues. For example, the five-volume History of the Second World War compiled by the Military History Research Department of the Academy of Military Sciences (Military Science Press, 1995- 1999 edition) emphasizes that "the intensification of the comprehensive crisis of the imperialist system is the fundamental reason for the outbreak of the Second World War"; The rise of fascist countries is the direct root of the Second World War "; The appeasement policy of western democratic countries is the accelerator for the arrival of the Second World War. As for the starting point of World War II, which caused widespread controversy, the book is based on the main contradictions in the world at that time, such as "1938+0 years", "1937 years", "1939 years" and "1940 years". Later, after the joint armed intervention of Germany and Italy, Spain and Germany conquered Austria and Czechoslovakia without bloodshed. By September 1939, Germany attacked Poland on a large scale, and the war broke out in the west. It should be said that these analyses are innovative and in line with historical facts.
Adhere to the guidance of historical materialism. This is the common feature of most scholars engaged in the study of China's World War II history. Specifically, respect history and proceed from reality; Make a comprehensive study of the history of the Second World War from political, economic, military and diplomatic aspects, instead of just writing it as a military history; On the basis of empirical research, we should consciously exclude the influence of Eurocentrism, attach importance to exploring and revealing the law of the occurrence and development of world wars, and sum up the experience and lessons of World War II and its world influence from the combination of theory and practice.
It is affirmed that the China Production Party is the main body of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's world influence and international significance are expounded.
After years of research by China scholars, China's anti-Japanese battlefield was the main battlefield of the East anti-fascism in the Second World War, and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression greatly promoted the victory of the world anti-fascist war; China * * * production party is the mainstay of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression; War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression has great world influence and international significance, and is recognized and accepted by more and more people.
China was the first country in the world to take up arms against fascism. For example, Hu Dekun and Luo Zhigang's Outline of the History of the Second World War (Wuhan University Press, 2005 edition) has a special chapter saying that "China has opened up the world's first anti-fascist battlefield". As Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out: "Our enemy is an enemy all over the world, and China's war of resistance is a war of resistance all over the world"; "The great China War of Resistance is not only a matter for China, but also for the East and the world." The book points out that China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, which started with the September 18th Incident, started the world anti-fascist war. China's comprehensive War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, which started with the July 7th Incident, opened the first battlefield of the world anti-fascist war. China was the first country in the world to take up arms against fascism, and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression represented the development and progress of human history in this period.
China's anti-Japanese battlefield was the main battlefield of the Eastern anti-fascism in the Second World War. For example, China Battlefield in World War II written by Wang Zhende (Social Science Literature Publishing House, version 1995) pointed out that China's six-year local war and eight-year long-term war of resistance forced all Japanese military and political policies to focus on solving the war of aggression against China, unable to deal with the Germans, resulting in the German-Italian-Japanese military treaty being like waste paper. In this way, the Allies have no worries, successfully implemented the strategic policy of "Europe first, then Asia" and won the war in an all-round way. It is impossible to write a scientific history of World War II if we underestimate the strategic position of the battlefield in China.
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, with China's * * * production party as the main body, greatly promoted the victory of the world anti-fascist war. For example, Han's book "American Grand Strategy in Wartime and China's Anti-Japanese Battlefield" (Wuhan University Press, 2003 edition), through the study of the role and influence of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's wartime American Grand Strategy, demonstrates that China's battlefield has assumed the great strategic responsibility of the world anti-fascist war and effectively supported other major battlefields in the world. During the Second World War, the strategic relationship between China and the United States was an interactive relationship of mutual support, not one-way support from the United States.
It not only pays attention to the collection and arrangement of historical documents and the excavation of historical materials, but also shows a distinct spirit of the times.
While deepening the research on the origin, starting point, nature, stages, appeasement policy, fascism, the battlefield in China during World War II and the influence of World War II, most scholars in China try to combine history with reality, so that the research on the history of World War II presents a distinct spirit of the times.
Reveal the essence and law of fascist dictatorship. Studying the history of World War II is inseparable from studying fascism. China historians have always regarded fascism as an important research topic. Since the 1980s, Fascism and World War II (Huaxia Publishing House, 1988), New Theory of Fascism (Chongqing Publishing House, 199 1 0) and Research on Fascist System (Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1995) have been published successively. The New Theory of Fascism analyzes various fascist phenomena and gives a new theoretical explanation. The Study of Fascist System discusses the fascist systems of Germany, Italy and Japan respectively. Chen's Mussolini and Italian Fascism (China Overseas Chinese Publishing House, 2004) focuses on the history and present situation of Italian fascism. To some extent, these studies reveal the nature and laws of fascist dictatorship and many historical phenomena during World War II.
Committed to preventing the resurgence of fascist forces and safeguarding world peace. In real life, although the fascist regime has long been destroyed, the fascist ideology has not been eradicated. For more than half a century, old and new fascists have been trying to make a comeback. In Japan, militarism has not been eliminated, and militarists are still active. They openly tampered with history, beautified the war of aggression, and tried to reverse the case for Japanese militarism. This point is also prominent in historical research, and there has been a "revisionist school" that believes that the main purpose of Japanese fascism is to reverse the case, that is, the "conviction school". The study of fascism by China scholars is of great theoretical and practical significance for preventing the resurgence of fascist forces and safeguarding world peace.
Progress has been made in the collection and arrangement of historical documents and the excavation of historical materials. For example, the Dictionary of World War II edited by Jesson Wang and Yang Yuwen (Huaxia Publishing House, 2003 edition) was compiled by nearly 100 young and middle-aged scholars from Peking University, China Renmin University, China Academy of Social Sciences and Academy of Military Sciences in 10 years. The book * * * has collected more than 654.38 million entries, involving international relations, diplomatic events, strategic battles, military organizations, military establishment, weapons and equipment and historical figures in the Second World War. On the occasion of commemorating the 60th anniversary of the victory of the world anti-fascist war, some publishing houses also published or revised and reprinted a number of works. For example, Twenty-two Documentary Series of China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (PLA Literature and Art Publishing House, 2nd Edition, 2005), Atrocities of Japanese Invaders (PLA Publishing House, 4th Edition, 2005), History of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China (PLA Publishing House, 2nd Edition, 2005) and Evocation of Japanese Invaders by Liu Qi 'an. All these have promoted the research and discipline construction of the history of World War II.