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The Battle of Shanghai (traditional Chinese: 淞滬會戰; simplified Chinese: 淞沪会战; pinyin: Sōng hù huìzhàn) was a major battle fought between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China in the Chinese city of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Prior to the Battle of Shanghai the Shanghai SNLF had a strength of just over 2300 men, but in response to the Oyama Incident on August 9, 1937, the force would be hastily reinforced with Special Naval Landing Forces and ship crews deployed on land. Reinforcements would continue to arrive throughout the course of the battle, eventually bringing ...
Bloody Saturday, [1] also known as Black Saturday [2] and the Great World bombing, [3] was a misdirected attack on civilians by the Republic of China Air Force on 14 August 1937 during the Battle of Shanghai of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Wusung – Shanghai Siege Area (Aug. 7 1937) Nanking Shanghai Garrison – Zhang Zhizhong (50,000 men). 36th Division – Song Xilian [g] 87th Division – Wang Chingchin [g] 88th Division – Sun Yuanliang [g] 55th Division – Li Sungchan 56th Division – Liu Hoting (later Liu Shangchih) 57th Division – Yuan Chaochang [R] 20th Sep. Bde ...
It hosted its first National Games of China in 1935. During World War II the stadium was damaged by the Japanese during the Battle of Shanghai. [1] The Kuomintang government repaired the stadium for the Seventh National Games in 1948. This would be the last National Games before the People's Republic of China was established in 1949.
In Japan it is known as the First Shanghai Incident (Japanese: 第一次上海事変), alluding to the Second Shanghai Incident, which is the Japanese name for the Battle of Shanghai that occurred during the opening stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
The Second Sino-Japanese War began on 7 July 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge incident in the Republic of China and is often regarded as the start of World War II as full-scale warfare erupted with the Battle of Shanghai, [1] and ending when the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies in August 1945. [2]
Later in 1937 the 87th Division took part in the Battle of Shanghai at the outbreak of the war between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. [5] When Zhang Zhizhong , 71st Corps commander, ordered the 87th and 88th—equipped with their German helmets and stick grenades —to move into the city the former used trucks to quickly deploy ...