1937-11-09

Shanghai refugee safety zone organized

mainland ChinaShanghai refugee safety zone organized is a 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. Defense of Sihang Warehouse
  2. Hangzhou Bay landing
  3. Fall of Taiyuan
  4. Shanghai refugee safety zone organizedCurrent record
  5. Nanjing defense command organized
  6. Nanjing defense and government relocation
  7. Nationalist government relocation toward Chongqing
See all 118

Wartime Position

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

Shanghai refugee safety zone organized is a 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.

Father Jacquinot reports Shanghai refugee suffering and Wikimedia Commons · Father Jacquinot reports Shanghai refugee suffering, 1938 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Father Jacquinot reports Shanghai refugee sufferingVisual recordFather Jacquinot reports Shanghai refugee sufferingA 1938 photograph of Father Robert Jacquinot de Besange reporting on Shanghai refugee suffering, anchoring the international relief network behind the 1937 Jacquinot safety zone. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Shanghai refugee safety zone organized.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Father Jacquinot reports Shanghai refugee suffering, 1938Open source