1937-12-13

Xiaguan refugee crisis at Nanjing

mainland ChinaXiaguan refugee crisis at Nanjing is a atrocity · civilian crisis record, 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. Shanghai Dadao municipal government
  2. Wuhu falls
  3. Nanjing Safety Zone and massacre records
  4. Xiaguan refugee crisis at NanjingCurrent record
  5. Pressure on Jinan before its fall
  6. Fall of Jinan
  7. Jin-Cha-Ji border region consolidated
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Wartime Position

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

Xiaguan refugee crisis at Nanjing is a atrocity · civilian crisis record, 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 mainland China clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Library of Congress China wartime collections helps cross-check the event’s timing and actors.

Source Trail

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