Trautmann mediation
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The Trautmann Mediation was an attempt to agree peace between Prime Minister Konoe
of Japan and Chiang Kai-Shek
of the Chinese Kuomintang
(Guomindang) Party. The peace agreement was being mediated by the German ambassador Oskar Trautmann
. During the Trautmann Mediation, unfortunately, the Rape of Nanking took place, putting the negotiations under considerable strain. Eventually, Konoe rather than Chiang broke off the negotiations, leaving Chiang Kai-Shek
with a severe propaganda defeat, having asked for peace even after the Rape of Nanking, presumably to prevent further Japanese violence and reprisals. Communist propaganda played upon Chiang's "submission" in the year following this, and the scale of Japanese atrocities in Nanking, with as many as 300,000 dead meant that this was a highly emotive issue - it is probable that the Trautmann Mediation had a major impact upon the Chinese Civil War
, 1928-49.
Fumimaro Konoe
Prince was a politician in the Empire of Japan who served as the 34th, 38th and 39th Prime Minister of Japan and founder/leader of the Taisei Yokusankai.- Early life :...
of Japan and Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....
of the Chinese Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...
(Guomindang) Party. The peace agreement was being mediated by the German ambassador Oskar Trautmann
Oskar Trautmann
-Diplomatic career:In 1904, Trautmann entered the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1905 he was appointed Vice Consul in St. Petersburg. In 1907 he served as Secretary of the German delegation to the Hague Peace Conference. In 1911 he left his position in St. Petersburg and joined menpower...
. During the Trautmann Mediation, unfortunately, the Rape of Nanking took place, putting the negotiations under considerable strain. Eventually, Konoe rather than Chiang broke off the negotiations, leaving Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....
with a severe propaganda defeat, having asked for peace even after the Rape of Nanking, presumably to prevent further Japanese violence and reprisals. Communist propaganda played upon Chiang's "submission" in the year following this, and the scale of Japanese atrocities in Nanking, with as many as 300,000 dead meant that this was a highly emotive issue - it is probable that the Trautmann Mediation had a major impact upon the Chinese Civil War
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was a civil war fought between the Kuomintang , the governing party of the Republic of China, and the Communist Party of China , for the control of China which eventually led to China's division into two Chinas, Republic of China and People's Republic of...
, 1928-49.