1937-10-01

Shanxi anti-Japanese base areas form

Shanxi anti-Japanese base areasShanxi anti-Japanese base areas form is a base-area politics record around Shanxi anti-Japanese base areas, 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. Taiyuan campaign
  2. Baoding falls
  3. Battle of Pingxingguan
  4. Shanxi anti-Japanese base areas formCurrent record
  5. Dezhou falls
  6. Battle of Niangziguan
  7. Xinkou campaign
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Wartime Position

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

Shanxi anti-Japanese base areas form is a base-area politics record around Shanxi anti-Japanese base areas, 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 Shanxi anti-Japanese base areas clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Eighth Route Army cavalry advancing behind enemy lines, October 1937 and Wikimedia Commons · Eighth Route Army cavalry, October 1937 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Eighth Route Army cavalry advancing behind enemy lines, October 1937Visual recordEighth Route Army cavalry advancing behind enemy lines, October 1937An October 1937 photograph of Eighth Route Army cavalry advancing behind enemy lines, anchoring the early shift from front-line fighting to guerrilla and base-area organization in Shanxi. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Shanxi anti-Japanese base areas form.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Eighth Route Army cavalry, October 1937Open source