1937-07-30

Fall of Tianjin city

mainland ChinaFall of Tianjin city is a city fall · campaign 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. Fall of Beiping
  2. Tongzhou Mutiny
  3. Beiping and Tianjin fall
  4. Fall of Tianjin cityCurrent record
  5. Fall of Tianjin
  6. Xinjiang Soviet alignment intensifies
  7. Nankou campaign
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Wartime Position

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

Fall of Tianjin city is a city fall · campaign 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.

Street battle in Tianjin, July 1937 and Wikimedia Commons · Street battle in Tianjin, July 1937 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Street battle in Tianjin, July 1937Visual recordStreet battle in Tianjin, July 1937A photograph of street fighting in the Japanese concession of Tianjin in July 1937. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Fall of Tianjin city.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Street battle in Tianjin, July 1937Open source