How much material did German aid China in World War II and why?

The German authorities' assistance to China was limited at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, but not during World War II.

First of all, distinguish between time periods:

"Anti-Japanese War" usually refers to1the all-round military action that China and Japan started after the Lugouqiao Incident on July 7, 937.

"World War II" refers to the world-class military operations in Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania that began after Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939/Japan. Germany announced that it would stop arms sales in February 1938, and the military advisory group withdrew in June.

Second, the reasons for German aid to China:

At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, because the National Government signed an agreement with Germany to purchase military materials and train military personnel, the German Nazi authorities sent a large number of technical and military personnel to China to help the national army carry out tactical and technical training. Here, the national government mainly paid for it, and Hitler also needed money to help him complete his plan to equip the German armed forces.

Third, German aid to China.

1. Aircraft: 400, including 300 short-range bombers and 100 fighters.

2. Tanker: 1 100 Small or medium tanker, 200 small chariots with machine guns.

3. Anti-aircraft guns (37mm, 45mm, 75mm, 90mm) and ammunition: 2,700 pieces.

4. Anti-tank guns (37mm, 60mm) together with ammunition: 2,400 guns (756 37mm guns supplied by Italy).

5. Anti-tank guns with ammunition: 2,000 guns with 200 rounds each.

6. Reconnaissance vehicle: 1000.

7. Trucks: 4,500.

8. Battlefield telephones: 6,000 voice-sensitive telephones and 600 self-charging power telephones.

9. Battlefield telephone line (seven stranded wires): 200,000 kilometers.

10, submarine cable (gutta percha): 50km.

1 1, crude aluminum: 4,000 tons.

12, rolled duralumin: 500 tons (provided by Germany)

13, tin:1500t (provided by Italy)

14, lead: 7,000 tons (provided by Germany)

16, nickel: 800 tons.

17, molybdenum: 300 tons (provided by Germany)

18, cobalt: 10 ton (provided by Italy)

19, electrolytic copper: 3,000 tons (provided by Italy)

20. Brass: 5,000 tons (provided by Germany)

2 1, magnesium alloy: 300 tons

22. Zinc: 65,438+0,500 tons (provided by Italy)

23. Composite metal: 3,000 tons

24. Copper pipes and other copper products: 300 tons.

25. Fe-Si alloy: 7,000 tons.

26. Fe-Cr alloy: 2,000 tons

27.Tanjug armor plate: 10000 tons.

28. Carbides and cutting tools: 500,000 US dollars.

29. Silver steel: 50 tons

30. High speed steel: 300 tons.

3 1, tool steel:1500t.

32. Scale steel: 13000 tons.

33. Hot rolled steel: 7,000 tons.

34. Short steel bar (Cr-Si-Mn): 8,000 tons.

35. Cold-rolled steel bars: 8,000 tons.

37. Tinplate: 4,000 tons.

-Excerpted from Professor Thomas Alberto Salvato of the University of Padua.

Fourth, add:

Germany's resources are limited, while other resource-rich countries, such as the United States and Russia, are Germany's sworn enemies. But Germany needs a lot of rare metals. At this time, China exported a lot of these metals to Germany, so Germany and China became trading partners.

The person whom Chiang Kai-shek admires most is Hitler. So in diplomacy, he also has a good relationship with Germany. Sino-German relations were very good at that time. Germany also sent military advisers to export weapons to China. Semi-fascist organizations have also been established within the Kuomintang.

But later, the political positions of China and Germany were different, which led to the breakdown of relations.