1937-10-26 - 1937-11-01

Defense of Sihang Warehouse

Sihang Warehouse, ShanghaiShanghai · A Nationalist holdout force defended Sihang Warehouse during the withdrawal from Shanghai, creating a resistance symbol beside the international concessions.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Mongolian Great Purge
  2. Second United Front recognized
  3. Battle of Pingxingguan
  4. Defense of Sihang WarehouseCurrent record
  5. Fall of Nanjing and massacre
  6. Battle of Taierzhuang
  7. Yellow River flood of 1938
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Context

Sihang Warehouse compresses the final phase of the Shanghai battle, turning a small defensive point into a symbol before the concessions and press.

Sources and media

Second Sino-Japanese War and Shanghai battle source lanes are linked.

Media

Sihang Warehouse under fireVisual recordSihang Warehouse under fireA visual record of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Shanghai.

Source Trail

ReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Second Sino-Japanese WarOpen sourceMedia RecordWikimedia Commons · Sihang warehouse under fire.jpgOpen source