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ISBN-13
9781612003092
Book Title
Shanghai 1937
ISBN
9781612003092
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze
Item Height
152mm
Author
Peter Harmsen
Publisher
Case Mate Publishers
Item Width
229mm
Subject
History
Number of Pages
312 Pages

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This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in China into a general war between the two oldest and proudest civilisations of the Far East. Ultimately, it led to Pearl Harbor and to seven decades of tumultuous history in Asia. The Battle of Shanghai was a pivotal event that helped define and shape the modern world. In its sheer scale, the struggle for China's largest city was a sinister forewarning of what was in store for the rest of mankind only a few years hence, in theatres around the world. It demonstrated how technology had given rise to new forms of warfare, or had made old forms even more lethal. Amphibious landings, tank assaults, aerial dogfights and most importantly, urban combat, all happened in Shanghai in 1937. It was a dress rehearsal for World War II-or perhaps more correctly it was the inaugural act in the war-the first major battle in the global conflict. Actors from a variety of nations were present in Shanghai during the three fateful autumn months when the battle raged. The rich cast included China's ascetic Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his Japanese adversary, General Matsui Iwane, who wanted Asia to rise from disunity, but ultimately pushed the continent toward its deadliest conflict ever. Claire Chennault, later of Flying Tiger fame, was among the figures emerging in the course of the campaign, as was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In an ironic twist, Alexander von Falkenhausen, a stern German veteran of the Great War, abandoned his role as a mere advisor to the Chinese army and led it into battle against the Japanese invaders. Written by Peter Harmsen, a foreign correspondent in East Asia for two decades, and currently bureau chief in Taiwan for the French news agency AFP, 'Shanghai 1937' fills a gaping chasm in our understanding of the Second World War. 48 pages of photographs

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Case Mate Publishers
ISBN-13
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Author
Peter Harmsen
Publication Name
Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
312 Pages

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Item Height
152mm
Item Width
229mm

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Peter Harmsen
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United States

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