Battle of Shanghai

When

13 Aug 1937 – 26 Nov 1937

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.23° N, 121.47° E

Description

1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

The Battle of Shanghai 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. It lasted from August 13 to November 26, 1937, and was arguably the single largest and longest battle of the entire war, with it even regarded by some historians as the first battle of World War II.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai opens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht um Shanghai beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de la bataille de Shanghai”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “淞沪会战在上海及其附近爆发。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第二次上海事変。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Sino-Japanese War7 Jul 1937 · Interstate war · Deaths 20,000,000