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Part of Second Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Shanghai

August 13 – November 26, 1937 · Shanghai, China

Result Japanese victory

First major engagement of the Second Sino-Japanese War; largest urban battle before Stalingrad.

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China

Japan

Republic of China
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek military commander Chen Cheng military commander Feng Yuxiang military commander Zhang Zhizhong military commander
Iwane Matsui military commander Heisuke Yanagawa military commander Kiyoshi Hasegawa military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
700,000
Tanks
70
Aircraft
180

Units

National Revolutionary Army 88th Division (National Revolutionary Army) Republic of China Navy
Japanese 10th Army (1937) Shanghai Expeditionary Army 101st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 110th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 114th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

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