✦ History

Battle of Shanghai

August 13 – November 26, 1937

Result Japanese victory

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

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Battles 1

October 26 – November 1, 1937
Defense of Sihang Warehouse Withdrawal of Chinese forces to the Shanghai International Settlement on 31 October 1937 Sihang Warehouse

Key commanders

China 4

Chiang Kai-shek military commander Chen Cheng military commander Feng Yuxiang military commander Zhang Zhizhong military commander

Japan 3

Iwane Matsui military commander Heisuke Yanagawa military commander Kiyoshi Hasegawa military commander