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Stalingrad on the yangtze6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() It demonstrated how technology had given rise to new forms of warfare, or had made old forms even more lethal. In its sheer scale, the struggle for China's largest city was a sinister forewarning of what was in store for the rest of mankind only a few years hence, in theaters around the world. The Battle of Shanghai was a pivotal event that helped define and shape the modern world. Ultimately, it led to Pearl Harbor and to seven decades of tumultuous history in Asia. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in China into a general war between the two oldest and proudest civilizations of the Far East. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims. This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. ![]() Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index. ![]()
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