On July 7, 1937, Japan launched its full-scale invasion of China. In the darkest years of #WWII, China and the US stood shoulder to shoulder. In 1941, the American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force, also known as #TheFlyingTigers, was founded by US General #ClaireLeeChennault, to fight alongside Chinese troops and civilians against the invading Japanese forces. They braved the deadly “Hump Route,”, downed 2,600 enemy planes, while Chinese civilians built runways & saved pilots—often at th