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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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