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Battle of Shanghai in 1937...
Battle of Shanghai in 1937...
Item # 721155
September 06, 1937
THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., Sept. 6, 1937
* Battle of Shanghai, China
* Imperial Japanese Army (aggressor)
* Second Sino-Japanese War
The top of the front page has a banner headline for display: "JAP WARSHIP HALTS BRITISH VESSEL" with subheads and related photo. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, tiny binding holes and minor wear along the spine, otherwise nice.
AI notes: On September 6, 1937, during the Battle of Shanghai, some of the fiercest fighting of the early Second Sino-Japanese War took place as Chinese forces struggled to repel Japan’s superior military. By this time, the battle—begun in August—had escalated into a massive urban conflict involving hundreds of thousands of troops. The Japanese Navy continued heavy bombardment along the Huangpu River, while Chinese divisions under General Zhang Zhizhong and other commanders mounted desperate counterattacks in the Zhabei and Yangshupu districts. Despite the valiant resistance, Japanese forces, reinforced by marines and aircraft, pressed deeper into the city, turning Shanghai’s streets into chaotic battlegrounds of close-quarters combat and civilian devastation. The fighting on September 6 marked the transition from initial assaults to a full-scale, protracted struggle that would last into November, leaving the city in ruins and signaling the grim intensity of the war to come.
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