Chongqing was the wartime capital of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (i.e., World War II), and from 1938 to 1946,[59] the seat of administration for the Republic of China's government before its departure to Nanjing and then Taiwan.[60] 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.[3] It also contains a military museum named after the Chinese Korean War hero Qiu Shaoyun.[61]