1938-06-09

Huayuankou Yellow River breach

mainland ChinaHuayuankou Yellow River breach is a wartime development 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. Chinese retreat from Xuzhou
  2. Lanfeng campaign
  3. Fall of Kaifeng
  4. Huayuankou Yellow River breachCurrent record
  5. Wuhan campaign begins
  6. Anqing falls
  7. Madang fortress fighting
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Wartime Position

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

Huayuankou Yellow River breach is a wartime development 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.

Yellow River flooded area, 1938 and Wikimedia Commons · Yellow River Flooded Area, 1938 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Yellow River flooded area, 1938Visual recordYellow River flooded area, 1938A map of the flooded area after the 1938 Yellow River breach, anchoring the military inundation and civilian disaster in central China. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Huayuankou Yellow River breach.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Yellow River Flooded Area, 1938Open source