1938-06-09

Yellow River flood of 1938

Huayuankou, HenanHenan · The Nationalist government breached Yellow River dikes to slow the Japanese advance, producing vast civilian suffering.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Defense of Sihang Warehouse
  2. Fall of Nanjing and massacre
  3. Battle of Taierzhuang
  4. Yellow River flood of 1938Current record
  5. Battle of Wuhan
  6. Fall of Canton
  7. Japanese occupation of Hainan
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Context

The Yellow River flood must be read as both a military delay and a civilian catastrophe.

Sources and media

Second Sino-Japanese War overviews and modern Chinese source lanes are linked.

Media

VideoVideo · Clip 23:20-24:45Wartime film: China war and civilian sufferingA wartime documentary segment on civilian suffering in China.

Source Trail

ReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Second Sino-Japanese WarOpen source