Force Movies Productions
The New Recruit
A new recruit for the National Revolutionary Army, straight outta Whampao Military Academy, during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Whampoa Military Academy, today known as The Republic of China Military Academy. Is a military academy known to produced many prestigious commanders who fought in many conflicts in China in the 20th century, including the Northern expedition, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War.
The academy was opened on May 1, 1924 under the Kuomintang-party and the first lesson began on June 16, 1924. The inauguration was on Changzhou Island offshore from the Whampoa (Huangpu) dock in Guangzhou, thus earning its name. After the death of Yuan Shikai, The Chinese Republic, which was already in its influential decline, broke into several warlord states. Sun Yat Sen tried to set up a base in Guangdong, which was supposed to be the starting point of the Northern expeditions in order to unite all of China under the three principles of the people. However the problem with his government was that his military was rather weak compared to the other warlords. Sun Yat Sen’s request of arms and money went ignored by the western powers. In 1921 the representative of Comintern, Henk Sneevliet, met with Sun in Guangxi. Sneevliet proposed setting up a academy to train the revolutionary army, which confirmed Sun's ideas and he eventually accepted Sneevliet proposal. The Chinese Communist Party sent Li Dazhao and Lin Boqu to discuss with Sun and his party on how to set up the academy. In 1924, in the 1st National Congress of Kuomintang, the policy of alliance with the Soviet Union and CCP was passed as guidance for KMT. As a result, the final decision of establishment of a military academy was made and preparatory committee was set up accordingly. The money necessary for the construction and support of the Academy in 1924-1925 was provided by the Soviets.
The Whampoa Military Academy plays an important role in Chinese history. As it produced the finest commanders who eventually fought with the KMT and the CCP, it was common that during the Chinese Civil War, former classmates were meeting each other again on the battlefield, which ironically goes against the motto of the academy. Which was proclaimed by Sun Yat Sen himself. "Fraternity, Devotion, Sincerity."
Both the commanders from KMT and CCP were trained and educated in Whampoa. They fought for different beliefs and ideals although they used to live and study together like brothers in arms.
The academy also had very great influence over the 20th century history of other Asian countries. The fourth term of the Academy saw students not only from all parts of China, but also from different parts of Asia enroll. For example, there were 30 Koreans among them. Some of them were brought up in China, others were active participants during the national liberation movement of Korea in 1917-1926 and emigrated to China later only to take up arms for struggle for freedom of their country after their education was over.
A large number of students were originally from Vietnam.
Whampoa Military Academy was supposed to appear in my brickfilm about the Second Sino-Japanese War, but because of time constraints I had to cut it out, it basically show Chinese soldiers training there, while it was something impressive to animate it wasn’t too important for the plot.
Link to the project:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQfZf7B0pr0
The New Recruit
A new recruit for the National Revolutionary Army, straight outta Whampao Military Academy, during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Whampoa Military Academy, today known as The Republic of China Military Academy. Is a military academy known to produced many prestigious commanders who fought in many conflicts in China in the 20th century, including the Northern expedition, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War.
The academy was opened on May 1, 1924 under the Kuomintang-party and the first lesson began on June 16, 1924. The inauguration was on Changzhou Island offshore from the Whampoa (Huangpu) dock in Guangzhou, thus earning its name. After the death of Yuan Shikai, The Chinese Republic, which was already in its influential decline, broke into several warlord states. Sun Yat Sen tried to set up a base in Guangdong, which was supposed to be the starting point of the Northern expeditions in order to unite all of China under the three principles of the people. However the problem with his government was that his military was rather weak compared to the other warlords. Sun Yat Sen’s request of arms and money went ignored by the western powers. In 1921 the representative of Comintern, Henk Sneevliet, met with Sun in Guangxi. Sneevliet proposed setting up a academy to train the revolutionary army, which confirmed Sun's ideas and he eventually accepted Sneevliet proposal. The Chinese Communist Party sent Li Dazhao and Lin Boqu to discuss with Sun and his party on how to set up the academy. In 1924, in the 1st National Congress of Kuomintang, the policy of alliance with the Soviet Union and CCP was passed as guidance for KMT. As a result, the final decision of establishment of a military academy was made and preparatory committee was set up accordingly. The money necessary for the construction and support of the Academy in 1924-1925 was provided by the Soviets.
The Whampoa Military Academy plays an important role in Chinese history. As it produced the finest commanders who eventually fought with the KMT and the CCP, it was common that during the Chinese Civil War, former classmates were meeting each other again on the battlefield, which ironically goes against the motto of the academy. Which was proclaimed by Sun Yat Sen himself. "Fraternity, Devotion, Sincerity."
Both the commanders from KMT and CCP were trained and educated in Whampoa. They fought for different beliefs and ideals although they used to live and study together like brothers in arms.
The academy also had very great influence over the 20th century history of other Asian countries. The fourth term of the Academy saw students not only from all parts of China, but also from different parts of Asia enroll. For example, there were 30 Koreans among them. Some of them were brought up in China, others were active participants during the national liberation movement of Korea in 1917-1926 and emigrated to China later only to take up arms for struggle for freedom of their country after their education was over.
A large number of students were originally from Vietnam.
Whampoa Military Academy was supposed to appear in my brickfilm about the Second Sino-Japanese War, but because of time constraints I had to cut it out, it basically show Chinese soldiers training there, while it was something impressive to animate it wasn’t too important for the plot.
Link to the project:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQfZf7B0pr0