Asia Pacific, 23 Aug 1937: Battle of Shanghai
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 23 Aug 1937 (Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Shanghai), showing the following events: Battle of Beiping-Tianjin; Oyama Incident; Battle of Shanghai; Japanese begin bombing of Nanjing and cities of central China.

S o v i e t U n i o n

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Neth.)

Japanese
Empire

Nationalist

China

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

South Seas Agency(Jap. mand.)

A u s t r a l i a(Br. dom.)

Philippines(US)

New Guinea(Aus. mand.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Tuva(Sov. sat.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Papua(Aus. terr.)

Manchukuo(Jap. pup.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Sarawak(Br. prot.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

N. Borneo(Br. prot.)

Brunei(Br. prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

Inner
Mongolia(Jap. prot.)

Nauru(Aus. mand.)

W. Samoa(NZ mand.)

American
Samoa(U.S.)

Gilbert

Islands(Br.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Union Is.(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(Br.)

Marshall

Islands(Jap.)

Mariana

Islands(Jap.)

C a r o l i n e I s l a n d s(Jap.)

Paracel Is.(Fr. ctrl)

Spratly Is.(Fr. occ.)

Bonin Is.(Jap.)

Volcano Is.(Jap.)

International
Date Line

25 Jul–8 Aug 1937Japanese take Beiping

9 Aug 1937Oyama Incident: Japanese officer shot in Shanghai

13 Aug–26 Nov 1937Japanese conquest of Chinese Shanghai

23 Aug 1937Japan starts bombing central China

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