The Great Rear Area - Daikouhou (English spelling)

Japanese: 大後方 - だいこうほう（英語表記）dà hòu fāng

"Rear" is generally a term used in contrast to the "front line" in war, but in China, during the War of Resistance against Japan from 1937 to 1945, the areas beyond the direct reach of the Japanese military were called the "Great Rear." During the War of Resistance against Japan, areas occupied by the Japanese military, the frontline anti-Japanese guerrilla areas under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and their direct rear anti-Japanese base areas, and areas beyond the reach of the Japanese military coexisted in a fluid manner, and the "Great Rear" referred to this third area, namely the area controlled by the Kuomintang, with Chongqing in southwestern and northwestern China as its wartime capital.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

〈後方〉とは一般に戦争における〈前線〉に対する用語だが，中国では1937年から45年にいたる抗日戦争期，日本軍の勢力の直接及ばない地区を〈大後方〉と呼んだ。抗日戦争期には，日本軍占領地区，中国共産党指導下の前線の抗日遊撃地区とその直接の後方である抗日根拠地，および日本軍の勢力の及ばない地区が，流動しつつ並存していたが，大後方は，この第3の地区，すなわち中国西南･西北部の重慶を戦時首都とする国民党支配地区を指した。

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