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Index
Abegg, Lily, German correspondent, 168, 208
Abend, Hallet, American correspondent, 240
Alcott, Carroll, American correspondent, 34, 140, 173
Asahi Shimbun, 25
Asano Yoshiuchi, Japanese officer, 89–90
Ashigara, Japanese cruiser, 90
Aso Tetsuo, Japanese medical officer, 209
Baba Toraji, Japanese civilian, 78–79
Bai Chongxi, Chinese general, 164, 183, 185, 199
Baoshan, village, fortress and battle of, 91, 119–121, 130–132
Beijing, China, 14, 22, 27, 32–33, 55, 65; 1937 world attention riveted on, 21; early attacks on, 24; Japanese offenses around, 24; Marco Polo Bridge, 23, preview of life under Japanese rule, 25
“Black Saturday”, 47, 63–64, 114–115, 149, 197, 247
“Bloody Saturday”, 47
Boegel, Gustav, German advisor, 170
Bogomolov, Dmitry, Soviet ambassador to China, 116
Borchardt, Philipp, father of Robert B., 124
Borchardt, Robert, German advisor, 123–124, 138, 194, 210, 250–251
Boxer Uprising, 21, 29
Boynton, C. L., Church Council official, 57
Cai Jianjun, Chinese police official, 233
Carlson, Evans, US naval attaché, 140
Central Aviation School, 29
Central Military Academy, 32, 84, 123–124, 195
Chen Cheng, Chinese Deputy War Minister, 81, 98, 104–105, in, 131, 148, 160, 164, 232
Chen Yiding, Chinese officer, 73
Chenjiahang, town and battle of, 173–176, 179, 183
Chennault, Capt. Claire Lee, 30, 62–63
Chiang Kai-shek, 19, 23, 27, 29–30, 33, 50, 66, 103, 119, 124–125, 131, 164, 178, 239, 251; army modernization program, 28; army suffers a tremendous loss of life, 71; bans female visits to hospitals, 207; Chinese advantage was at night, 106; Chinese losses, 247–248; communist threat, 146–147; determines Shanghai be held at all costs, 200; exasperation with the situation in Shanghai, 132; Falkenhausen’s optimism, 51, 106; fall of Shanghai, 247; feeling important opportunities had been missed, 81; feels first battle must take place in Shanghai, 31–32; Feng Yuxiang, 54; hope for Soviet intervention, 249; ignoring German advisors, 250; intent on holding Liuhang, 160–161; lack of intelligence service, 28; Luodian, 126; many Chinese anxious to fight, 53; Nanjing meeting, 32; Nanjing Military Academy, 62; appears close to nervous breakdown, 232–233; Nine Power Conference, 188; non-aggression treaty with the Soviet Union, 116–117; not eager to act at the moment of crisis, 225; Operation Iron Fist, 72, 74–76; orders aimed at strategic objectives, 189; troops pour into Shanghai, 42; relieves Zhang Zhizhong, 104, 147–148; Roosevelt’s speech, 182; serious Chinese losses, 53; spy master Dai Li, 145; strategy to yield to Japan, 22; stubborn character, 199; Sun Yuanliang a favorite, 41; threatened court-martial of any officer, 212; value of the village of Baoshan, 120; would not settle for peace at any price, 182
Chiang Kai-shek, Madame, 62, 77, 200
The Chinese Recorder, 46
Chinese Air Force, 29–30, 41, 47, 56, 64, 72, 87
Chinese Communist Party, 19, 22, 27–28, 53, 66, 146
Chinese Militar
y Units
8th Army Group, 73, 112
9th Army Group, 32, 119, 131, 147
11th Infantry Division, 98–99
14th Infantry Division, 110–111
15th Army Group, 104–105, 110– 111, 122, 131, 148
18th Army, 122
18th Infantry Division, 192–193
19th Army, 23
33rd Infantry Division, 192
36th Infantry Division, 82–83, 88–89, 112, 169
51st Infantry Division, 126
56th Infantry Division, 97–98
58th Infantry Division, 136
61st Infantry Division, 119
62nd Infantry Division, 223, 230
63rd Infantry Division, 223
67th Army, 231
78th Infantry Division, 162
79th Infantry Division, 122
79th Infantry Regiment, 110–111
83rdInfantry Regiment, 110– 111
87th Infantry Division, 20, 32, 40, 50, 72–74, 82–83, 97, 98, 125, 169, 189, 248
88th Infantry Division, 15, 20, 32, 37, 40–41, 49–52, 72–73, 75, 82–83, 112, 139, 168, 171, 188, 190, 195, 204, 233, 248
98th Infantry Division, 72, 84, 88, 98, 120–121
107th Infantry Division, 231
108th Infantry Division, 231
173rd Guangxi Division, 176
174th Guangxi Division, 183–184
176th Guangxi Division, 183–184
264th Brigade, 52
467th Infantry Regiment, 162
524th Infantry Regiment, 190, 196
Fourth Air Group, 30
Tax Police Division, 163, 168, 212–214
Chinese National Army, 19
Chinese-Japanese tension, 14
Chongming Air Base, 72, 106, 121
“Christian General”, see Feng Yuxiang Chuanshakou, town and battle of, 98, 104–106, 108, 112, 118, 120, 178
Cumberland, British cruiser, 63
Dachang, village and battle of, 41, 99, 138, 160–163, 175, 190, 192–194, 213
Dai Ajia Kyokai, see Greater Asia Society
Dai Li, Chinese spy master, 27, 145–146
Dirksen, Herbert von, German ambassador to Japan, 182
Dodds, James, British chargéd’affaires in Japan, 81
East Hebei Autonomous Government, 21–22, 24
Eight Character Bridge, 49–50, 75
Empress of Asia, 79
Falkenhausen, Gen. Alexander von, chief German advisor, 29, 31, 50–51, 75–78, 99, 105–106, 109, 123–124, 208, 249–250
Falkenhausen, Hans Joachim von, younger brother of Alexander v. F., 77
Fang Jing, brigade commander, 84, 88, 122
Fang Zhendong, Chinese soldier, 88
Farmer, Rhodes, Australian correspondent, 55, 61, 70
Feng Yuxiang, Chinese general, 53–54, 103, 147–148
Fengtai, Japanese garrison at, 23
Finch, Percy, American correspondent, 58
First Opium War, 17
de Fremery, Col. Henri Johan
Diederick, Dutch spy, 21, 133, 166–167, 179
French Concession, Shanghai, 15, 35, 45–46, 59–60, 62–63, 74, 143, 145, 201, 204, 238, 240, 242–243, 248
Fujita Susumu, Japanese general, 95
Garden Bridge, Shanghai, 45, 55, 59, 81
General Staff Operations Division, 135
Goette, John, 85, 209
Gong Yeti, Lt., Chinese pilot, 30–31, 142–143, 145
Gongda Airfield, 121, 143, 170
Greater Asia Society, 66, 93
Green Gang, 18–20, 145
Gu Qingzhen, Chinese boy, 107
Gu Zhutong, Chinese general, 131, 148, 164, 187–190, 192, 224, 232, 239
Guangdong province, 19
Guillain, Robert, French correspondent, 245
Guo Rugui, Chinese officer, 110
Han Suyin, Chinese writer, 18
Hangzhou Bay, 94, 216–217, 221, 223–225, 227–228, 230, 232–234
Hangzhou, city of, 29–30, 41
Hanjiazhai, town of, 107
Hanson, Haldore, American correspondent, 86
Hasegawa Kiyoshi, Japanese admiral, 42, 65, 67, 71, 88, 151
Hayashi Fusao, Japanese correspondent, 69
Hebei province, 21–22
Hirohito, Emperor, 23, 25, 43, 135
Hirota Koki, Japanese Foreign Minister, 182
Hitler, Adolf, 9, 77, 116–117, 124, 251
Hong Kong, 79
Hongkou, district and battle of, 28, 37, 48–49, 51, 55, 69–72, 75, 79, 82, 91, 104, 113, 142, 145–146, 150, 154, 245
Hongqiao Aerodrome, 13, 15, 35, 37–38, 238
Honigsberg, Hubert, American casualty, 60
Horiguchi, “Bob”, Japanese translator, 173
Horinouchi Kensuke, Japanese deputy foreign affairs minister, 81
Hosokawa Hajime, Japanese bomber crew member, 64–65
Hu Guobing, Chinese soldier, 99–102
Huang Jie, Chinese general, 212–213
Huang Meixing, Chinese officer, 52
Huangpu River, 20, 32, 34–35, 38, 40, 42, 45–46, 48, 50, 56–57, 59, 62, 64, 69, 73, 82–84, 87, 89–90, 93, 95–96, 108–109, 112–113, 118–120, 130–131, 133, 142, 149, 170, 216–217, 228, 230
Iinuma Mamoru, Japanese officer, 66
International Military Tribunal, 253
International Settlement, 15, 16, 20, 34, 42, 46, 48–49, 51, 55–56, 60, 63, 74, 78, 80–81, 83, 143, 146, 149–151, 172–173, 190, 194, 196–198, 200–202, 204–205, 211–213, 233, 240, 247–248
Ishiwara Kanji, Japanese general, 135
Izumo, Japanese cruiser, 34, 45–46, 56–57, 64, 87, 113
Jacquinot de Besange, Father Robert, 35, 150–151, 201, 240–241
Japanese Navy Special Landing Force (“marines”), 13, 20, 37–39, 45, 48–52, 56, 61, 63, 65, 70–71, 81, 83, 89, 91, 94–96, 104, 113, 118, 154, 196
Japanese-Chinese tension, 14
Japanese Military Units
3rd Infantry Division, 65, 89–90, 94–96, 108–109, 118–121, 130, 134, 138, 153–155, 162, 165, 177, 191, 211, 214
5th Infantry Division, 216
6th Infantry Division, 215, 217, 228–229, 234–235, 253
8th Cruiser Division, 93
9th Infantry Division, 121, 154, 160, 162, 173, 180–181, 190–191, 212, 214
10th Army, 215, 217, 222, 228
11th Infantry Division, 65, 89–90, 94–96, 107–109, 118–119, 121, 130, 134, 138, 153, 155, 160, 177
13th Infantry Division, 121, 154, 160, 252
18th Infantry Division, 216–217, 219
44th Infantry Regiment (“Kochi Regiment”), 152
101st Infantry Division, 121, 154, 157, 159–160, 162, 179
114th Infantry Division, 216–217
Amaya Detachment, 90, 118, 130, 134, 137–138, 210
Asama Detachment, 118–119
First Combined Air Group, 65, 87
Kempeitai, 24, 146
Kochi Regiment, see 44th Infantry Regiment
Kunizaki Detachment, 216–217, 222
Second Combined Air Group, 121, 143–144
Shigeto detachment, 121, 138, 153
Third Fleet, 42, 45, 52, 64, 65, 71, 83, 94–95, 151
Tida Detachment, 121
Ueno Detachment, 134
Jessfield Railway Bridge, 194, 200–201
Jiading, town of, 109, 110–111
Jiang Tingfu, Chinese ambassador to the Soviet Union, 116
Jiangwan, town and battle of, 41, 97–98, 100, 132, 164, 169, 193, 198, 210
Jiangxi province, 25
Jiangyin, fortress of, 122–123
Jiaxing, city of, 199
Jinshan, town of, 229–230
Jinshanwei, town and battle of, 217
Jintsu, Japanese cruiser, 89–90
Jobez, R., vice chief of French police, 62
Jurong Airfield, 144
Katsura Shizuo, Japanese officer, 24
Knatchbull-Hugessen, S
ir Hughe, British ambassador to China, 115
Konoye, Prince, Japanese prime minister, 64
Kuri, Japanese destroyer, 50
Kurosu Tadanobu, Japanese soldier, 252
Kuse Hisao, Japanese soldier, 173–175
Lan Xiangshan, Chinese officer, 185
Le Figaro, 62
League of Nations, 178, 182
Lese Bridge, 196, 198, 202–205
Li Yougan, Chinese pilot, 143
Li Zongren, Chinese general, 117, 199
Little Stone Bridge, 192
“Little Tokyo,” 28, 38, 40, 48, 69
Liu Heding, Chinese officer, 97
Liu Jingchi, Chinese officer, 41, 112
Liu Yongcheng, Chinese officer, 102–103
Liuhang, village and battle of, 130, 153, 160–161
“Lost Battalion,” 190, 203–206, 249
Lu Chuanyong, Chinese soldier, 124–126
Luo Zhuoying, Chinese officer, 122
Luodian, town and battle of, 98–99, 105–111, 118, 126, 130, 132, 136–138, 142, 151–153, 160–164, 177, 207, 249
Luoyang, city of, 30
Maebara Hisashi, Japanese soldier, 155–156
Manchukuo, 21, 23
Manchuria, 21, 29, 71, 81, 142
Marco Polo Bridge, 23, 25, 29, 34
Matsui Iwane, Gen., 66–67, 93–97, 108, 118–120, 133–134, 153–155, 160–162, 166, 176–178, 183, 190–191, 193, 211, 214–217, 247, 251, 253
McDonald, Billy, American air force officer, 63
Meiji University, Tokyo, 34
Miyoshi Shozo, Japanese Sgt., 109
Mount Lu, 25, 27
Nachi, Japanese cruiser, 90
Nagasaki Maru, 245
Nagumo Chuichi, Japanese rear admiral, 93–94
Nanchang, city of, 65
Nanjing, capital of China, 10, 14, 31, 38–41, 62, 64, 66, 77–78, 81, 98–100, 115–116, 123–125, 132, 142, 144–145, 147, 165, 168, 182, 188, 207, 225, 246, 248, 251–253
Nanjing Road, 57–61, 104, 247
Nanshi, district of, 233, 239, 241–243
Nanxiang, town and battle of, 97–99, 165, 168, 176, 195, 210–211
National Church Council, 57
National Military Council, 27, 103, 183
The New York Times, 62, 240
Newiger, Albert, German advisor, 122–123, 165, 224–225
Nine Power Conference, 188
Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general, 103
Nohara Teishin, Japanese soldier, 180, 210
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