#OnThisDay in 1937: Japanese forces begin the Battle of Shanghai, a conflict that will last 3 months and involve 1 million troops.
Photo: Emperor Hirohito in his coronation garments, circa 1924.
Photo: Emperor Hirohito in his coronation garments, circa 1924.
The Battle of Shanghai was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Republic of China (ROC) and the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) of the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the entire war, described as "Stalingrad on the Yangtze".
