January 1942 · Black-and-white photographic print
China fights on against all odds
United States Office of War Information; photographer unknown
Why it matters
The image records Chinese military success through the bodies of captured Japanese soldiers, yet its American release caption insists that China fights “against all odds.” Agency and victimhood are joined in a morale story tailored to a public newly entering the Pacific war.
- Publication
- Office of War Information photograph release, no. CHN.415
- Holding institution
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
- Shelfmark
- LOT 11614; LC-USZ62-94973; CHN.415
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United States Office of War Information. China Fights On Against All Odds, January 1942. Photograph released after the Battle of Changsha. Library of Congress, LOT 11614, LC-USZ62-94973.
