Geographic Considerations in Defending Northeast China

Abstract

The area of China north of 38 deg 30' North latitude and east of 108 deg longitude is vital to the survival of China as a nation. It contains important coal and oil deposits, as well as extensive industrial center. It also contributes other necessary natural resources and agricultural products to the nation. The author refers to this area as Northeast China. Northeast China contains a variety of terrain, which poses a number of problems to military operations. The border with the USSR and North Korea is extensive. A number of avenues of invasion enter the region from these two countries. The paper examines the impact of geographic and weather conditions of the area on Chinese defensive considerations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 04, 1972
Accession Number
AD0760449

Entities

People

  • Uzal W. Ent

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Boundaries
  • China
  • Far East
  • Forests
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Infantry
  • Inland Waterways
  • Korea
  • Machine Tools
  • Manchuria
  • Military Operations
  • Mongolia
  • North Korea
  • Railroads
  • Ussr

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Geodesy