The Chinese Labour Corps
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The Chinese Labour Corps
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Author : Mark O'Neill
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Release Date : 2014
The Chinese Labour Corps written by Mark O'Neill and has been published by Penguin Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Foreign workers, Chinese categories.
As the young men of Europe were fighting in the trenches, a little known contingent of Chinese labourers crossed the world to provide support vital to the Allied war effort. Largely illiterate farmers from northern China, these men were simply attempting to make a better life for themselves, ignorant of the war and its causes. Under brutal conditions, many died for their efforts, and their involvement wasn't recognised for decades it is still not widely known. In this fascinating First World War China Special, journalist Mark O'Neill brings their story to light, describing in detail the labourers' recruitment, their daily experiences in a foreign land and the horrific work they carrier out including the clearing of remains from battlefields.
The Chinese Labour Corps 1916 1920
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Author : Gregory James
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Chinese Labour Corps 1916 1920 written by Gregory James and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Foreign workers, Chinese categories.
Informative account of the creation, management and operation of the 95,000-strong auxiliary unit recruited in China for service in Europe during the First World War. Financed and administered by the British War Office, it was raised at a time when Allied casualties, on the Western Front and elsewhere, had seriously reduced the availability of the manpower necessary to ensure the maintenance of a combat-fit military force. He shows that the Chinese Labour Corps derived its organisational structure from earlier Chinese units in foreign service, for example the Canton Coolie Corps recruited by the British and French during the second Opium War in the mid-nineteenth century, or the contingents of labourers contracted to the mines of the Transvaal at the turn of the twentieth. In this important and wide-ranging contribution to military history, the author draws on an extensive array of public and unofficial sources to chronicle the saga of a wartime cross-cultural encounter whose legacy remains in the narrative of contemporary Sino-Western relations--From publisher's Website.
With The Chinese Labour Corps During The Great War
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Author : Daryl Klein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-17
With The Chinese Labour Corps During The Great War written by Daryl Klein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-17 with categories.
The Chinese Labour Corps were the 'coolies' recruited for menial tasks supporting the BEF in the Great War. 96,000 went to France - 2,000 died. This is a fascinating - if deeply patronising - portrait of them by one of their British officers.
Harry Livingstone S Forgotten Men
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Author : Dan Black
language : en
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Release Date : 2019-10-01
Harry Livingstone S Forgotten Men written by Dan Black and has been published by James Lorimer & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with History categories.
HARRY LIVINGSTONE was a small town doctor from Listowel, Ontario when he felt the pull of patriotism that led him to volunteer in the First World War. In 1917, Livingstone found himself embarking on a strange journey that took him to China, where he would inspect,and ultimately travel back to Canada with, men who became known as the Chinese Labour Corps. Once in Canada, the Chinese under Livingstone's care travelled across Canada in secret trains bound for Halifax. All news about the trains and the men was censored. On board crowded ships, the men crossed the U-boat-infested Atlantic. They were then put to work to keep the war machine in motion — digging trenches, hauling supplies, repairing military vehicles, and the grisly job of cleaning up the battlefields. About 300,000 Chinese labourers were recruited by the British,French, and Russian allies during the First World War. Nearly 84,000 of them passed through Canada on their way to France. Livingstone and other officers kept diaries and journals, and wrote letters home telling of their experiences with the Chinese. From these first-person accounts as well as historical records and from rare letters written by Chinese labourers themselves, author Dan Black offers for the first time a full account of Canadians and the Chinese Labour Corps — a story that had mostly been unknown until now.
With The Chinks In The Chinese Labour Corps During The Great War
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Author : Daryl Klein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
With The Chinks In The Chinese Labour Corps During The Great War written by Daryl Klein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
The Chinese Labour Corps were the "coolies" recruited for menial tasks supporting the BEF in the Great War. 96,000 went to France - 2,000 died. This is a fascinating - if deeply patronising - portrait of them by one of their British officers.
Foch S Reserves
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Author : Gregory James
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-03
Foch S Reserves written by Gregory James and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03 with Foreign workers, Chinese categories.
The Forgotten
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Author : Will Davies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03
The Forgotten written by Will Davies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03 with History categories.
The Forgotten explores an often-overlooked part of Australia's rich and diverse history - the service and sacrifice of the Chinese Labour Corps who worked under the British and French on the Western Front during the First World War. It puts the story of the Chinese Labour Corps into the broader history of China's encounters with western European nations since the 1700s. A part of that story includes the large numbers of Chinese people who immigrated to Australia during this period. It was the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons of these Chinese settlers who volunteered to fight for Australia during the First World War. Those men are the Chinese Anzacs. The Forgotten celebrates the shared history between China and Australia and the combined efforts to promote peace.
Chinese Labour Corps Original Photographer Unknown
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Chinese Labour Corps Original Photographer Unknown written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Dawn Of Victory Thank You China
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Author : Jim Maultsaid
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2017-06-30
Dawn Of Victory Thank You China written by Jim Maultsaid and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-30 with History categories.
Jim Maultsaids third and final book, The Dawn of Victory, Thank You China! is based on his service with the 169 Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) between 1918 1919.There were 96,000 Chinese volunteer in the CLC and their achievements have gone largely unrecognized for 100 years. As Jim Maultsaids diaries and drawings vividly testify, they made a stupendous and lasting contribution both during and in the aftermath of The Great War. He writes Never did I see human beings work as we worked those Chinese boys of ours. In all weathers, the Chinese turned their hands to every kind of task, initially keeping the wheels of war turning and after the Armistice clearing the debris of war and recovering the tens of thousands of anonymous dead.Maultsaids down-to-earth prose and superb drawings capture the unique nature of the CLCs efforts. His admiration for their stoic, indeed heroic efforts is obvious and, thanks to the preservation of these unique diaries, the coolies who toiled so tirelessly can at last receive long overdue credit.The author/artist served for over five years and was there to say goodbye and thank you to all those who served in his unit.
The Forgotten
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Author : Will Davies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
The Forgotten written by Will Davies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Australia categories.
The Forgotten explores an often-overlooked part of Australia's rich and diverse history - the service and sacrifice of the Chinese Labour Corps who worked under the British and French on the Western Front during the First World War. It puts the story of the Chinese Labour Corps into the broader history of China's encounters with western European nations since the 1700s. A part of that story includes the large numbers of Chinese people who immigrated to Australia during this period. It was the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons of these Chinese settlers who volunteered to fight for Australia during the First World War. Those men are the Chinese Anzacs. The Forgotten celebrates the shared history between China and Australia and the combined efforts to promote peace.