On this day, 80 years ago, on August 27, 1945 (July 20, 1945 in the lunar calendar), the United States airlifted Kuomintang troops to seize the city. U.S. aircraft airlifted a large number of Kuomintang troops to seize major cities and major transportation routes. On August 27, 1945, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. military in China, Weidemeyer, mobilized all U.S. military and civilian aircraft in China and India, and began to make every effort to airlift Kuomintang troops to seize important cities. First, the Kuomintang Army and the New Sixth Army were transported from Zhijiang, Hunan Province into Nanjing. Immediately afterwards, the 10th and 14th Air Forces of the United States began to carry out all-out airlifting of Kuomintang troops to seize Shanghai, Peiping, Tianjin, Guangzhou, etc. "This is undoubtedly the largest air troop movement in the world," Weidemeyer declared.