Comments on: How air-minded was China?

By: Dictatorship of the Air » The Russian Connection (re: Chinese Airmindedness)

Wed, 16 May 2007 17:35:42 +0000

[...] the collaborative East Asian history blog Frog in a Well. In it, Alan Baumler ponders the question, “How air-minded was China?” and offers some background information concerning the role of airplanes and air power in Chiang [...]

By: Airminded · Your name here

Airminded · Your name here — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:43:50 +0000

[...] via Military History Carnival 2, an interesting post by Alan Baumler at Frog in a Well: China on airmindedness in China in the 1930s. If I had to compare it to another country, it would probably be Russia, where aviation was also [...]

By: Military History Carnival #2 « Victoria’s cross?

Military History Carnival #2 « Victoria’s cross? — Sun, 13 May 2007 06:53:53 +0000

[...] Here I learned about African mercenaries fighting alongside Ming troops during the Imjin Wars and Chinese airpower from Frog in a Well. I ended my visit by viewing a bound sketchbook containing a series of 36 [...]

By: Victoria’s cross?

Victoria’s cross? — Fri, 11 May 2007 06:47:42 +0000

[...] http://www.froginawell.net/china/2007/05/how-air-minded-was-china/ [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 04 May 2007 01:02:38 +0000

There is a similar phenomenon in Mussolini’s Italy of the 20’s and 30’s where aviation was a major idoelogical and progaganda showcase of the regime – of course Italy was more of an innovator in aviation than nationalist China, but its an interesting parraell considering the other similarities and affinites between the the two regimes in the inter-war decades.

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Thu, 03 May 2007 07:49:46 +0000

I assume this was just for the publicity shot, and that it did not fly into battle with an advertisement on its wings Oh, this could be a great fundraiser for some cash-strapped military.... Nice post, too: I've never given all that much thought to military technology in the warlord era.