1937-11-20

Nanjing defense command organized

Nanjing defense commandNanjing defense command organized is a wartime development record around Nanjing defense command, situated in the phase when full-scale war spread from Marco Polo Bridge to Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan. 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. Hangzhou Bay landing
  2. Fall of Taiyuan
  3. Shanghai refugee safety zone organized
  4. Nanjing defense command organizedCurrent record
  5. Nanjing defense and government relocation
  6. Nationalist government relocation toward Chongqing
  7. Wartime capital relocated to Chongqing
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Wartime Position

the full-war expansion from Marco Polo Bridge through Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan

Nanjing defense command organized is a wartime development record around Nanjing defense command, situated in the phase when full-scale war spread from Marco Polo Bridge to Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan. 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 Nanjing defense command clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Tang Shengzhi and Wikimedia Commons · Tang Shengzhi provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Tang ShengzhiVisual recordTang ShengzhiA photograph of Tang Shengzhi, commander of the Nanjing defense, anchoring the command structure formed as the Nationalist government prepared to leave the capital. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Nanjing defense command organized.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Tang ShengzhiOpen source