The Night Before Dawn（《The Long Wall of Ten Thousand Li》Part 5）（《The Long Wall of Ten Thousand Li》Part 5）

Author: Zhou Erfu
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Publish Date: 1993-02-01
Features: This book is the fifth volume of the six-part serial novel "The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li." The series follows the theme of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, combined with the global anti-Fascist front, in their struggle against Japanese aggression. It primarily features high-ranking leaders from the enemy, our side, and our allies, adopting a panoramic perspective to vividly depict the eight-year War of Resistance against Japan. The entire work exposes the atrocities of the Japanese invaders in China, praises the arduous and indomitable resistance of the Chinese nation, ands the complex contradictions within Chinese society, as well as the ever-changing international landscape. It focuses on major events and the processes of significant strategic decisions. The novel successfully portrays the characters of high-ranking figures such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei, Emperor Hirohito, Prince Konoe Fumimaro, Hideki Tojo, and Hideki Tojo, as well as Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. This monumental work boasts a broad scope, grand structure, rich and detailed historical materials, and an epic, sweeping narrative. It reveals many little-known historical facts and offers the author's unique insights into history. The Night Before Dawn begins with the United States, Britain, and China declaring war on Japan after the Pearl Harbor attack, detailing the rapid expansion of the Pacific War, the formation of the global anti-Fascist front, the deployment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to Burma, and the brutal "purges" by the Japanese army in North China and Shandong. It concludes with the Cairo Conference held by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang Kai-shek in late 1943.