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    The 1938 Yellow River flood (simplified Chinese: 花园口决堤事件; traditional Chinese: 花園口決堤事件; pinyin: Huāyuánkǒu Juédī Shìjiàn; lit. 'Huayuankou Dam Burst Incident')...
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  • The 1642 Yellow River flood or Kaifeng flood was a man-made disaster in October, 1642, that principally affected Kaifeng and Xuzhou. Kaifeng is located...
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    China, leaving many people either dead, injured, or homeless. The 1938 Yellow River flood (simplified Chinese: 花园口决堤事件; traditional Chinese: 花園口決堤事件; pinyin:...
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    the Yellow River used to be extremely prone to flooding. In the 2,540 years from 595 BC to 1946 AD, the Yellow River has been reckoned to have flooded 1...
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  • afterward. Women in Henan who were displaced and affected by the 1938 Yellow River flood resorted to various survival strategies to stay alive during the...
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    June 1938, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Nationalist troops under Chiang Kai-shek intentionally broke the levees of the Yellow River near Huayuankou...
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    the Ganges and the Yellow River among others. The viability of hydropower, a renewable source of energy, is also higher in flood prone regions. In many...
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    include epidemics and famines. The list also does not include the 1938 Yellow River flood, which was caused by the deliberate destruction of dikes. Death...
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    conscripted. In 1938 the Nationalist government flooded the Yellow River in an attempt to stop the advance of the Japanese, flooding through eastern and...
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  • This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide with a minimum of 60 deaths. Only floods having caused 10 fatalities or more in 21st-century...
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    river Kozarovychi dam opening, flooding Demydiv Similar international events: 1914 inundation on the Yser in Flanders during World War I 1938 Yellow River...
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  • the disastrous 1938 Yellow River flood caused by the diversion of the Yellow River by the Chinese Army into the Chia-lu and Huai Rivers. Hsu Long-hsuen...
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  • Battle of Xuzhou (category Conflicts in 1938)
    holding back the Yellow River allowed him more time for the preparation of the defense of Wuhan, but the resulting 1938 Yellow River flood also destroyed...
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    soldiers had no food for many days." This was revenge for the 1938 Yellow River flood and the Chinese famine of 1942–43. General Jiang's account also...
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    retained since the Spring and Autumn period.[citation needed] 1938 Yellow River flood Frank, Richard B. (2020). Tower of skulls : a history of the Asia-Pacific...
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    effort to stem the tide of invading Japanese; however, the ensuing 1938 Yellow River flood also killed hundreds of thousands of Chinese. Zhengzhou also has...
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    brutal scorched earth tactics by both sides, the Chinese as in 1938 Yellow River flood and later by the Japanese with the Three Alls Policy, "kill all...
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  • 1938 – The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight. 1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River...
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    Starvation came in the wake of the war, and millions were rendered homeless by floods and unsettled conditions in many parts of the country. On 25 October 1945...
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    to flood the land to slow down the advancement of Japanese soldiers, which further added to the environmental impact and resulted in the 1938 Yellow River...
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    Hebei province in North China and this defeat contributed to the 1938 Yellow River flood, after which he was relieved from his posts by Chiang. When the...
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    civilian deaths caused by Nationalist government, including the 1938 Yellow River flood); political repression by Chinese Communists 250,000 and by Warlords...
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    Battle of Wuhan (category Conflicts in 1938)
    opened up the dikes of the Yellow River in Huayuankou, Zhengzhou on 9 June. The flood, now known as the 1938 Yellow River flood, forced the Japanese to delay...
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  • of Czechoslovakia - to be carried out by October 1, 1938. June 5 & 7 – The 1938 Yellow River flood is created by the Nationalist government in central...
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    surrounding Lake Okeechobee, killing an estimated 2500 people. 1938 Yellow River flood, voluntary destruction during the Second Sino-Japanese War, around...
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    suggested opening the dikes of the Yellow River to halt the Japanese advance, resulting in the 1938 Yellow River flood. He left for Taiwan in December 1948...
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  • (1 April 2001). "Drowned Earth: The Strategic Breaching of the Yellow River Dyke, 1938". War in History. 8 (2): 191–207. doi:10.1177/096834450100800204...
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    testimonies. 1938 Yellow River flood North Sea flood of 1953 1957 Valencia flood 1959 Uruguayan flood 2007 Tabasco-Chiapas flood List of floods Marimom, Silvia...
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  • disastrous floods on the Yellow River. The 1935 Yangtze river flood killed 145,000 The 1939 Tianjin River flood 1948 Fuzhou River flood 1951 Manchuria River flood...
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