Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze (27 page)

Injured Chinese soldiers at a crowded makeshift hospital. Shanghai had better and more numerous hospitals than any other Chinese city, but as the 1937 battle wore on, even they became filled beyond capacity, and new facilities, such as dance-halls emptied by war, had to be commandeered.
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A member of China’s elite 88th Division, as indicated by his T-shirt, in a rare moment of rest.
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An exhausted Chinese soldier has collapsed into deep sleep next to his rifle. Mosquito repellent is burning between him and the next soldier. Insects were a nuisance described by soldiers in the early stages of the battle.
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A doctor inspects an injured Chinese soldier at a Shanghai hospital, while other wounded servicemen look on curiously. After the war moved inland, away from the big-city facilities, the medical services, and the chances of survival, deteriorated for ordinary Chinese soldiers.
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Dead bodies floating in one of Shanghai’s streams. The two men have their hands tied behind their backs.
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Shanghai residents rushed to buy the flags of other nations in the autumn months of 1937, hoping that they could provide a measure of safety from aerial attack against their homes or businesses.
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A Chinese mob leads away a half-naked man accused of being a spy for the Japanese, after he has been denounced by the woman walking in front. Dozens if not hundreds of real and imagined agents and saboteurs were lynched by angry crowds during the three months of battle.
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Refugees flee from the district of Zhabei across Suzhou Creek in the direction of the International Settlement. In the background the Union Church, built by British missionaries in 1885.
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Japanese inspect a vehicle at a roadblock on Garden Bridge across Suzhou Creek. The vehicle is equipped with a Union Jack in front to mark it as a neutral.
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Chinese police and foreign military on the border of the International Settlement.
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