Chinese Reeneactors on Film!
In the world of reenactment, China enthusiasts are a small, but dedicated and growing group. These videos, kindly provided by Ryan Daniels, are from a recent event in Massachusetts and clearly...
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A Photographer in Shanghai: Soldiers
Soldier at bomb damaged North Railway Station, Shanghai The battle of Shanghai in 1937 was unique in many ways. For example, it was recorded more exhaustively in the western media than any other battle...
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A Photographer in Shanghai: Soldiers (Part 2)
Nationalist soldier poses by sandbags, North Railway Station, Shanghai One of the most prolific foreign photographers during the three-month battle for Shanghai in 1937 was American-born Malcolm...
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A Photographer in Shanghai: Red Swastika
Hospital nurses, Shanghai During the three-month battle of Shanghai in 1937, volunteers of the Red Swastika Society were a ubiquitous sight, present wherever their help was needed. At hospitals, nurses...
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Asians in WWII Poster Art
Since the US engagement in World War II was to a significant extent directed towards Asia, it is no surprise that a large part of American poster art of the war years had Asian themes. The...
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A Photographer in Shanghai: The Japanese
The war between China and Japan that broke out in 1937 was a modern media war involving the international press as an actor in the game for public opinion. This was the especially the cases in the...
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Battle for a Doomed City: Gaming Nanjing 1937 (Part 1)
This article is written by G. Jökull Gíslason, an Iceland-based wargamer and historian with a special interest in the Second Sino-Japanese War. It shows how wargames and simulations can add an extra...
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Battle for a Doomed City: Gaming Nanjing 1937 (Part 2)
This article, the second in a series of three, is an after-action report on a wargame based on the battle of Nanjing in 1937. The report is written by G. Jökull Gíslason, an Iceland-based wargamer and...
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Battle for a Doomed City: Gaming Nanjing 1937 (Part 3)
This article, the last in a series of three, is an after-action report on a wargame based on the battle of Nanjing in 1937. The report is written by G. Jökull Gíslason, an Iceland-based wargamer and...
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Asia’s Last Day of Peace
Eighty years ago, Tuesday, July 6, 1937, was the last day of peace in Asia. The following day, Chinese and Japanese forces would clash at Marco Polo Bridge near the ancient capital of Beijing,...
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