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1239:Fu Zuoyi
969:Hengyang
849:Shanggao
738:Nanchang
656:Massacre
420:Strength
302:Fu Zuoyi
137:Location
1387:Sources
1340:Taiyuan
1249:of the
1225:led by
1196:Suiyuan
1180:Taiyuan
1009:Taihoku
1002:Air War
995:Guangxi
957:Ichi-Go
949:Changde
891:Toungoo
881:Tachiao
682:Lanfeng
650:Nanking
631:Taiyuan
572:Suiyuan
535:Jinzhou
449:~30,000
446:129,737
142:Taiyuan
55:improve
1489:
1297:Datong
1293:Shanxi
1289:Chahar
1262:Datong
1243:Zhu De
1213:under
1206:area.
1200:Shanxi
1184:Shanxi
886:Oktwin
791:Wuyuan
751:Swatow
730:Hainan
725:Canton
664:Xuzhou
642:Xinkou
596:Chahar
540:Harbin
513:Mukden
291:Zhu De
234:
157:Result
1457:(PDF)
1450:(PDF)
1320:IJAAF
707:Wuhan
223:Japan
183:China
150:China
40:, or
1487:ISSN
1349:and
689:Amoy
567:Rehe
111:Date
1326:'s
1301:NRA
1513::
1485:.
1481:.
1315:.
1275:.
432:5
425:6
148:,
144:,
44:,
36:,
1499:.
1466:.
1043:e
1036:t
1029:v
478:e
471:t
464:v
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