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China: Shanghai in flames - the Battle of Shanghai, 1937.

China: Shanghai in flames - the Battle of Shanghai, 1937.

The Battle of Shanghai (1937), known in Chinese as Battle of Songhu, was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China and the Imperial Japanese Army of the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the entire war.

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