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Battle of Shanghai (1937)

On the Road to WW2 map as “The Battle of Shanghai”

Aug–Nov 1937 — Chiang throws his best German-trained divisions into China’s greatest city and holds three months. Perhaps 250,000 Chinese casualties buy the world’s attention — and lose the coast.

When
Type
Battle site
Chapter
Second Sino-Japanese War (chapter 6 of Road to WW2)
Atlas
The Road to War, 1931–1941
Also in
Chinese Revolution · Industrial Revolution
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Map showing Battle of Shanghai (1937), battle site in The Road to War, 1931–1941
BATTLE SITE · THE ROAD TO WAR, 1931–1941

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