RNG soldiers during rifle practice as part of the Rural Pacification campaigns.

Description

RNG soldiers during rifle practice as part of the Rural Pacification campaigns.

RNG troops with rifles

Photograph of RNG army recruits engaged in rifle practice, possibly as part of the Rural Pacification (qingxiang) campaigns.

Date

circa 1942

Artist/Creator

Anon

Medium

Photograph

Theme

Rural Pacification

Case Studies

Japanese-occupied China
(1937 – 1945)

Keywords

army, rifle

Further information

Source

Imperial War Museum

Source Reference Details

HU 073377

Permissions/Acknowledgements

Imperial War Museum (Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department Second World War Photograph Library).

COTCA Identifier

IWM-0005

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