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The Battle of Beiping–Tianjin (simplified Chinese: 平津作战; traditional Chinese: 平津作戰; pinyin: Píng Jīn Zùozhàn), also known as the Battle of Beiping, Battle of Peiping, Battle of Beijing, Battle of Peiking, the Peiking–Tientsin Operation, and by the Japanese as the North China Incident (北支事変, Hokushi jihen) (25–31 July 1937) was a series of battles of the Second ...
Below is the order of battle for the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin, called the Peiking-Tientsin Operation in pinyin spelling, a series of battles fought from 25 July through 31 July 1937 as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was called the North China Incident (北支事変, Hokushi jihen) by the Japanese.
Battle of Beijing may refer to multiple battles fought in what is now Beijing: Battle of Gaoliang River (979), between the Liao and Song dynasties Battle of Zhongdu (1215), between the Mongols and the Jurchen Jin dynasty
The full-scale war began on 7 July 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge incident near Beijing, which prompted a full-scale Japanese invasion of the rest of China. The Japanese captured the capital of Nanjing in 1937 and perpetrated the Nanjing Massacre .
Britain faces its “1937 moment” and must be prepared to act rapidly to prevent the spread of war in Europe, according to the new head of the Army. In a speech on Tuesday, General Sir Patrick ...
The Marco Polo Bridge incident, also known as the Lugou Bridge incident [a] or the July 7 incident, [b] was a battle during July 1937 in the district of Beijing between the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China and the Imperial Japanese Army.
Disturbing new videos give the clearest view yet of the moment the American Airlines passenger plane and Army helicopter exploded into pieces — sending huge chunks of fiery debris crashing into ...
The UAW's strike has punctuated a year of labor unrest in a moment that hearkens to 1937 when workers emulated the autoworkers' sit-down strikes. Flashback: In 1937, Detroit workers kicked out ...