Shanghai, China • December 12, 1937 In 1937 the Chinese city of Shanghai, a city of 3 million people, dominated the country economically. Located on one of the many tributaries of the Yangtze River, Shanghai was a “treaty port” (i.e., open to foreign traders) on the East China Sea. Then as now the Yangtze River…
Shanghai, China • August 13, 1937 The Battle of Shanghai began on this date in 1937. It was the first major battle of World War II (the European conflict erupted two years later), and it eventually involved nearly one million combatants. When hostilities broke out Minister of War (1937–1938) Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama advised Emperor Hirohito…
Shanghai, China · August 13, 1937 The Battle of Shanghai began on this date in 1937. It was the first major battle of World War II (the European conflict erupted two years later), and it eventually involved nearly one million combatants. When hostilities broke out, Gen. Hajime Sugiyama, Minister of War in the Imperial Japanese Army…
Shanghai, China · August 13, 1937 The Battle of Shanghai began on this date in 1937. It was the first major battle of World War II (the European conflict erupted two years later), and it eventually involved nearly one million combatants. When hostilities broke out, Gen. Hajime Sugiyama, minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army…