China's Military Defeats by Japan

China has never achieved a military victory over Japan in any major conflict throughout history,

and the maps tell a devastating story. Every single time these two nations clashed,

Japan dominated completely. During the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894,

Chinese forces were crushed so badly that Japan seized Taiwan and forced China to pay massive

reparations. The weapons gap was insane. Japan had modern rifles,

artillery, and naval ships while China was still using outdated equipment from decades

earlier. Then came World War Two, where Japan invaded and occupied huge

chunks of Chinese territory for eight years straight. The animated battle maps show Japanese