Editing Chongqing (section)

===Military===
Chongqing was the wartime capital of China during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] (i.e., World War II), and from 1937 to 1945,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Chongqing/Administration-and-society#toc10770 | title=Chongqing History: The Modern Period | publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online | encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica | access-date=31 July 2016 | author=Kuo, Ping-chia | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622174649/https://www.britannica.com/place/Chongqing/Administration-and-society#toc10770 | archive-date=22 June 2016 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> the seat of administration for the Republic of China's government before its departure to [[Nanjing]] and then [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.cq.gov.cn/AboutChongqing/1920.htm |title=Chongqing, once a wartime capitol |publisher=En.cq.gov.cn |date=14 March 1997 |access-date=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630171340/http://en.cq.gov.cn/AboutChongqing/1920.htm |archive-date=30 June 2012 }}</ref> After the eventual defeat at the [[Battle of Wuhan]] General Chiang-Kai Shek and the army were forced to use it as base of resistance from 1938 onwards.<ref name="Revisiting Chongqing: China's Secon"/> It also contains a military museum named after the Chinese [[Korean War]] hero [[Qiu Shaoyun]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vod.sxrtvu.edu:8081/englishonline/culture/chinaculture/chinaculture/en_museum/2003-09/24/content_30254.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010137/http://vod.sxrtvu.edu:8081/englishonline/culture/chinaculture/chinaculture/en_museum/2003-09/24/content_30254.htm|archive-date=3 December 2013|title=Qiu Shaoyun Memorial Hall |access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref>

Chongqing used to be the headquarters of the [[13th Group Army]] of the [[People's Liberation Army]], one of the two group armies that formerly comprised the [[Chengdu Military Region]], which was reorganized into the [[Western Theater Command]] in 2016.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}