1941-06-05

Chongqing tunnel disaster

mainland ChinaChongqing tunnel disaster is a air war · civilian crisis 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. Zhongtiao Mountain defense collapses
  2. Chongqing bombing escalation
  3. Chongqing bombing peak
  4. Chongqing tunnel disasterCurrent record
  5. Second Battle of Changsha
  6. Three Alls policy in North China
  7. Three Alls policy expands in North China
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Wartime Position

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

Chongqing tunnel disaster is a air war · civilian crisis 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.

Casualties of a mass panic, Chungking and Wikimedia Commons · Casualties of a mass panic, Chungking provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Casualties of a mass panic, ChungkingVisual recordCasualties of a mass panic, ChungkingA photograph documenting casualties from the 5 June 1941 Chongqing shelter disaster, when civilians were crushed or suffocated during an air raid. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Chongqing tunnel disaster.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Casualties of a mass panic, ChungkingOpen source