1938-11-13

Changsha Fire

mainland ChinaChangsha Fire is a wartime development record, situated in the attritional-war phase in which rear capitals, guerrilla bases, and occupation administrations hardened. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Other events in this phase

China Total War and Rear Areas118
  1. Battle of Wanjialing
  2. Guangzhou falls
  3. Wuhan falls
  4. Changsha FireCurrent record
  5. Nanyue military conference
  6. Hubei-Henan-Anhui base areas reorganized
  7. Shandong anti-Japanese base areas expand
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Wartime Position

the attritional phase where rear capitals, occupation rule, guerrilla bases, and Allied supply routes coexisted

Changsha Fire is a wartime development record, situated in the attritional-war phase in which rear capitals, guerrilla bases, and occupation administrations hardened. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around mainland China clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

1938 Changsha Fire and Wikimedia Commons · 1938 Changsha Fire provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

1938 Changsha FireVisual record1938 Changsha FireA photograph of the destruction caused by the 1938 Changsha Fire. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Changsha Fire.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · 1938 Changsha FireOpen source