September 3, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the Republic of China’s victory in the War of Resistance against Japan. Eighty years ago, under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the National Government and leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang), the Chinese people endured fourteen years of bloody struggle and finally achieved victory. The Republic of China’s armed forces paid a heavy price: about three million soldiers perished, including more than 200 generals. Before the war, the National Revolutionary Army fielded over 1.7 million regular troops; by the final years of the war, total mobilization reached nearly 5 million. By contrast, the Communist forces numbered only about 50,000 in 1937, but opportunistically expanded to over 1.2 million by the war’s end, having used the conflict to build strength.