A combination of bizarre climate and unusual topography helped save the Sichuan basin from Japanese invasion in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Geography has played a critical role in the military history of China.
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These videos are great! Thanks!
Apologies for the Americanized pronunciation of Sichuan. I said I wouldn’t do it, hit record, and still did it. I’ll take a page out of John Green’s book and just say “mispronouncing things is my thing”.
Side note: the size of the Yangtze River in the historical photos varies so widely due to China’s monsoon climate (wet summer, dry winter), before the Three Gorges dam began to moderate the flow. Stretches of the river that were easily navigable in late summer shrank significantly and revealed coursing rapids in late winter.
great video
Good video
Interesting stuff, I've been subbed since your first video 🙂
Awesome video!
This makes me want to visit the Sichuan Basin – Being a cultural geographer, I had already been interested in it, but now it is even more fascinating. Thank you.
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