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How many people died after the Yellow River was deliberately diverted in 1938?
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The Yellow River (Huang He) basin and the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) basin and their drainage networks.
In 1938, Chinese Nationalist forces under Chiang Kai-shek deliberately destroyed dikes near Zhengzhou to halt the advance of invading Japanese troops during the Sino-Japanese War. This action caused the Yellow River to be diverted, resulting in an estimated 500,000 to 900,000 deaths.123