Photos depict China during Japan's invasion

A Chinese cultural organization has amassed a collection of 50,000 photos from newspapers, libraries and museums portraying the hardships that Chinese people endured during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

The photos were gathered over three years by Hongyanlianxian, a government-funded culture organization in Chongqing, from all over the world. A third of the photos will be made public for the first time.

Li Hua, the project organizer, said the collection will reveal a country full of people determined to help their nation achieve victory. The photos, showing both civilians and military personnel fighting for China, present real-life stories of sacrifice and struggle from more than 60 years ago.