page_title: Battle of Shanghai
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Shanghai / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English: Japanese soldiers with a broken statue of Dr. Sun Yat Sen&#91;1&#93;, the revolutionist of modern China. Picture taken in 1937, Shanghai. 中文（繁體）‎: 日軍士兵和拆下的孫中山銅像一同照相，1937年，上海。 中文（简体）‎: 日军士兵和拆下的孙中山铜像一同照相，1937年，上海。 日本語: 日本軍兵士と孫文の銅像の記念撮影。 Jawa: Wadya Jepang lagi pose ing sandhingé reca prunggu Sun Yat-sen, paraga révolusi Cina modhèren.
context_page_description: The Battle of Shanghai was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China and the Imperial Japanese Army of the Empire of Japan at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the entire war, later described as "Stalingrad on the Yangtze".
  Since the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 followed by the Japanese attack of Shanghai in 1932, there had been ongoing armed conflicts between China and Japan without an official declaration of war. These conflicts finally escalated in July 1937, when the Marco Polo Bridge Incident triggered the full advance from Japan. Dogged Chinese resistance at Shanghai was aimed at stalling Japanese advance, giving much needed time for the Chinese government to move vital industries to the interior, while at the same time attempting to bring sympathetic Western powers to China's side. During the fierce three-month battle, Chinese and Japanese troops fought in downtown Shanghai, in the outlying towns, and on the beaches of the Yangtze River and Hangzhou Bay, where the Japanese had made amphibious landings.
caption: Japanese soldiers pose next to a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen after capturing Shanghai.
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