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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.
Comment on the German flag: FOTW says this was a slightly different version of the flag with a German flag which looks like Flagge Preußen (1892-1918).png . The German flag was replaced by a white space during WW1 as a protest against the German aggression in Europe.
In Chinese literature it is known as the January 28 incident (simplified Chinese: 一·二八事变; traditional Chinese: 一·二八事變; pinyin: Yī Èrbā Shìbiàn), while in Western sources it is often called the Shanghai War of 1932 or the Shanghai incident. In Japan it is known as the First Shanghai Incident (Japanese ...
Shanghai Municipality. Comment on the German flag: FOTW says this was a slightly different version of the flag with a German flag which looks like Flagge Preußen (1892-1918).png. The German flag was removed and blanked out during WWI after China declared war on the German Empire
Civil and state flag and ensign of Japan. Flag ratio: 2:3. This flag was designated by Proclamation No. 127, 1999. The sun-disc is perfectly centered and is a brighter shade of red. 27 February 1870 – 12 August 1999: Civil and state flag and ensign of the Empire of Japan, and the Japanese state. Flag ratio: 7:10.
This modification was a protest against the German European aggression of the time, presumably around WW1. Further down the same page there is an image of the "Shanghai Russian Regiment" which uses the same seal but a German flag which looks like Image:Flagge Preußen (1892-1918).png .
Re-drawn with more accurate geometry and symmetry, according to this construction sheet (for IJN): File:Naval Ensign of Japan (Construction sheet).svg, valid also for Imperial Japanese Army but with the "Sun" centered. Now the 16 rays of the sun each have the same angle (11.250°); same angular opening (11.250°) for the 16 white spaces: 32 ...
This is the order of battle for the January 28 incident, also known as the first Shanghai incident, in 1932. This was a brief war between the armies of the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan that occurred prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War. Because the Japanese assumed the tactical initiative, their forces are listed first.