The Chinese Volunteers Who Fought In The Spanish Civil War Their

The Chinese Volunteers Who Fought In The Spanish Civil War Their Illiterate farmers, manual labourers, civil servants – some 100 chinese joined the international brigades helping fight general franco’s fascists 80 years ago. Among the nearly 3,000 u.s. volunteers who joined the international brigades in spain, there were two chinese: chi chang (张纪) from minnesota and dong hong yick (his chinese name: 陈文饶, wen rao chen) from new york’s chinatown. chang survived the spanish civil war, but yick was killed at gandesa in 1938.

The Chinese Volunteers Who Fought In The Spanish Civil War Their Clearly during the spanish civil war, asians were preoccupied with their own national crises. yet, 15 years ago, when we began the project described in this article, we were amazed to find out that there were several chinese volunteers who fought for the spanish repub lic. in our subsequent quest for information about them, we faced. The “spanija” series translates selected autobiographical accounts by yugoslavian and montenegrin volunteers of their actions in the spanish civil war. dr. ray hoff used google translate from croatian to english and he edited the selections. Illiterate farmers, manual labourers, civil servants – some 100 chinese joined the international brigades helping fight general franco’s fascists 80 years ago. despite being few in number, they left a lasting impression. About 100 chinese were serving on the republican side in the spanish civil war, playing a small but visible part in the international forces battling the fascists under generalisimo francisco franco. “the world is our home,” was one of the mottos of the chinese volunteers.

The Chinese Volunteers Who Fought In The Spanish Civil War Their Illiterate farmers, manual labourers, civil servants – some 100 chinese joined the international brigades helping fight general franco’s fascists 80 years ago. despite being few in number, they left a lasting impression. About 100 chinese were serving on the republican side in the spanish civil war, playing a small but visible part in the international forces battling the fascists under generalisimo francisco franco. “the world is our home,” was one of the mottos of the chinese volunteers. An estimated 100 chinese volunteers fought in the spanish civil war for the republic, though only one person is thought to have come directly from china to fight, as the rest already found themselves in europe working. Chi chang, a chinese emigrant to the united states who joined the communist party and volunteered for the international brigades to fight fascism during the spanish civil war. his story is retold here by hwei ru tsou and len tsou, and translated into english from the original chinese by agnes khoo. Clearly during the spanish civil war, asians were preoccupied with their own national crises. yet, 15 years ago, when we began the project described in this article, we were amazed to find out that there were several chinese volunteers who fought for the spanish republic. He was believed to be the last surviving member of the international brigades from the spanish civil war, fought between 1936 and 1939, which though nominally a war among the people of spain, was a conflict with global resonance, impact and involvement.

The Chinese Volunteers Who Fought In The Spanish Civil War Their An estimated 100 chinese volunteers fought in the spanish civil war for the republic, though only one person is thought to have come directly from china to fight, as the rest already found themselves in europe working. Chi chang, a chinese emigrant to the united states who joined the communist party and volunteered for the international brigades to fight fascism during the spanish civil war. his story is retold here by hwei ru tsou and len tsou, and translated into english from the original chinese by agnes khoo. Clearly during the spanish civil war, asians were preoccupied with their own national crises. yet, 15 years ago, when we began the project described in this article, we were amazed to find out that there were several chinese volunteers who fought for the spanish republic. He was believed to be the last surviving member of the international brigades from the spanish civil war, fought between 1936 and 1939, which though nominally a war among the people of spain, was a conflict with global resonance, impact and involvement.

The Chinese Volunteers Who Fought In The Spanish Civil War Their Clearly during the spanish civil war, asians were preoccupied with their own national crises. yet, 15 years ago, when we began the project described in this article, we were amazed to find out that there were several chinese volunteers who fought for the spanish republic. He was believed to be the last surviving member of the international brigades from the spanish civil war, fought between 1936 and 1939, which though nominally a war among the people of spain, was a conflict with global resonance, impact and involvement.