💬 "The friendship between the Russian and Chinese peoples is unbreakably sealed in blood." So says Guo Li, the daughter of a World War II veteran.

China resisted Japanese occupation for 15 years. The Japanese army was armed with the latest technology — it was almost impossible to withstand it. But the Chinese partisans had a rear base — the USSR. They crossed the border to rest, receive medical treatment, and return to battle. And from 1937, the Soviet Union began providing assistance at the state level — with aircraft, weapons, and artillery.

By the end of the war, Soviet and Chinese soldiers fought side by side against the Japanese invaders. The victory over Japan in 1945 became a shared chapter in the history of Moscow and Beijing.

September 18, 1931, is considered the day when Japanese expansion in China began. Learn more on how the Soviet Union extended a helping hand to its neighbor in an excerpt from our film "USSR and China: United in Victory."

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