8 Feb 1902
China
China
- Demchugdongrub was born in Sonid Right Banner, Chahar Province, Qing Dynasty China. ww2dbase [Demchugdongrub | Sonid Right Banner, Chahar | CPC]
1 Aug 1937
China
China
- Hideki Tojo led Japanese troops at Battle of Chahar in China. ww2dbase [Battle of Chahar | Chahar | CPC]
12 Aug 1937
China
China
- Battle of Chahar in China ended with Japanese victory. ww2dbase [Battle of Chahar | Chahar | CPC]
8 Dec 1937
China
China
- Japan established the puppet nation of Mengjiang in the Inner Mongolia region of China. Its capital was at Kalgan (now Zhangjiakou), Chahar Province, China. ww2dbase [Demchugdongrub | Kalgan, Chahar | CPC]
4 Sep 1940
China
China
- Prince Nagahisa passed away in an airplane crash at Kalgan (now Zhangjiakou) in Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang in northern China. ww2dbase [Nagahisa | Kalgan, Chahar | CPC]
11 Aug 1945
China
China
- Soviet and Mongolian troops captured Prince Demchugdongrub's palace and his family members at Sonid Right Banner, Chahar Province, China, but he was at Kalgan (Zhangyuan, later Zhangjiakou), Chahar Province. Demchugdongrub's family would be taken to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Area, China and treated with respect. ww2dbase [Demchugdongrub | Sonid Right Banner, Chahar | CPC]
19 Aug 1945
China
China
- Demchugdongrub and his followers departed Kalgan, Chahar Province (now Zhangjiakou), China for Beijing, China as Soviet-backed Outer Mongolian troops neared the city from the north and communist Chinese troops approached from the south, thus effectively ending the Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang. ww2dbase [Demchugdongrub | Kalgan, Chahar | CPC]
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