The Chinese people were the earliest victims of the fascist war. The creation of anti-Japanese and national salvation songs in China can be roughly divided into two stages. From 1931 to 1937, it was the stage in which national salvation songs were mainly composed. In 1937, after the "July 7th Incident", the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War was another stage. In the first stage, there were "Song of Resistance against the Enemy" (lyrics by Wei Hanzhang and Huang Zi, music by Huang Zi), "The Flag is Flying" (lyrics by Wei Hanzhang, music by Huang Zi), "Song of Advance" (cigraphy by Tian Han, music by Nie Er), "Graduation" "Song" (poem by Tian Han, music by Nie Er), "March of the Volunteers" (poem by Tian Han, music by Nie Er), "New "September 18th" Minor" (poem by Cui Wei, music by Lu Ji), "Song of the National Salvation Army" (poem by Seke) , Xian Xinghai's music), "March of National Salvation" (Zhou Gang's noun, Sun Shen's music), "On the Songhua River" (Zhang Hanhui's lyrics and music), "The Ballad of the Great Wall" (Pan Jinnong's lyrics, Liu Xue'an's music), "As long as there is no resistance" (Mai Xin's lyrics) , Xian Xinghai's music), "Song of the Eight Hundred Heroes" (written by Gui Tao, composed by Xian Xinghai), "Guerrilla Song" (written and composed by He Luting), "School Song of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University" (written by Kaifeng, composed by Lu Ji), etc., etc. The second stage includes "Going to the Enemy's Rear Area" (lyrics by Zhao Qihai, music by Xian Xinghai), "On the Taihang Mountains" (lyrics by Gui Tao, music by Xian Xinghai), etc., especially "Yellow River Cantata" written by Guang Weiran and composed by Xian Xinghai "" has become the most glorious chapter in the anti-Japanese and national salvation singing movement, and has also become one of the most classic works of Chinese vocal chorus works. "March of the Volunteers" has become famous because of its profound grasp of the national spirit and its high concern for the fate of the nation. It was eventually designated as the national anthem of the Republic of China.

During the world anti-fascist war, the former Soviet Union, like China, also produced a large number of excellent songs, such as "Song of the Communist Youth League Members" (lyrics by A. Fatyanov, V. Solovyov-Sedoy music), "Holy War" (V. Lebedev-Kumach lyrics, A. Alexanderrov music), "Katyusha" (M. Isakovs Basic lyrics, music by Ma Blanche), "Little Road" (lyrics by Sergey Potelkov, music by N. Ivanov), "Night in the Harbor" (lyrics by A. Churggen, music by V. Solovy) Joff-Sedoy music) and so on. These works are also familiar to us and have inspired more than one generation of Chinese youth.

After the victory of the Anti-Fascist War, countries around the world and China produced a large number of artistic works with the theme of this war. Among them, many songs are popular and have been circulated for a while, such as the Chinese works "Chairman Mao's Words I Remember" (insert from the movie "Tunnel War"), "Play My Beloved Pipa" (insert from the movie "Railway Guerrilla"), " "Ode to Sister-in-law" (interlude of the TV series "Zhao Shangzhi"), "Reorganizing the River and Mountains for Future Generations" (the theme song of the TV series "Four Generations Under One Roof"), "I want to learn from the green pine on the top of Mount Tai" (the aria of the modern Peking Opera "Shajiabang" ), "Ambition Soaring into the Sky" (a aria from the modern Peking Opera "The Story of the Red Lantern"), etc., are still active in public singing activities in the new era. Many songs with foreign themes are also familiar to Chinese audiences, such as "Hurry up to the mountains, warriors" from the Albanian movie "Better to Die", "Ah, Goodbye, Friend" from the former Yugoslav movie "The Bridge", and the American movie "Casablanca" "As Time Goes By" in "As Time Goes By", "Snowdrops" in the musical "The Sound of Music", etc.

These works, based on the grand historical background of the world's anti-fascist war, use the artist's passion, high sense of social responsibility and outstanding artistic means to eulogize the noble emotions of all mankind in pursuit of peace and opposition to war. They have not only become treasures in the treasure house of music and art, but also become part of the spiritual and cultural wealth of mankind.