Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze

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by Harmsen, Peter


  North China Daily News, 38, 55, 61, 79, 143, 207

  North China Herald, 201, 241

  Nystrom, Erik, Swedish correspondent, 172

  Ogishima Shizuo, Japanese soldier, 157, 159, 179–180

  Okamoto Suemasa, Japanese consul general, 38, 42, 201, 240

  Okawachi Denshichi, Japanese rear admiral, 71

  Okinawa Maru, 57

  Old Man Bridge, 192

  Omura Air Base, 64

  Operation Iron Fist, 71–75

  Oyama Isao, Japanese officer, 14, 16–17, 37

  Peace Preservation Corps, 15–16, 37–38, 48, 84

  Powell, John, American correspondent, 86

  President Jefferson, 79

  Pudong, district of Shanghai and battle of, 32, 73, 81, 89, 108, 112–113, 142, 147, 149, 170–171, 178, 200, 214–215, 223, 230, 232, 248

  Qin Shiquan, Chinese officer, 101

  Qingdao, city of, 33, 71, 217

  Qingpu, city of, 234, 239

  Qiu Weida, Chinese officer, 126

  Rajputana, 79

  Rawlinson, Jean, daughter of Frank R., 46–47

  Rawlinson, Florence, wife of Frank R., 46–47

  Rawlinson, Rev. Frank, 45–47, 57, 60

  Reichswehr, German, 76, 100, 124

  Reischauer, Robert Karl, American political scientist, 58, 61

  Rickenbacker, Col. Eddie, American ace, 30–31, 143

  ronin, 48, 70, 247

  Roosevelt, Eleanor B., 63–64

  Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 63, 140, 181–182

  Royal Netherlands Indies Army, 21

  Saito Yozo, first class seaman, 14, 16

  Sakanichi Takaichi, Japanese civilian, 78–79

  Sasebo Naval Base, 71

  Schenke, Wolf, German correspondent, 245

  Schlieffen, Alfred von, German strategic thinker, 91

  Schmeling, Lt. Klaus von, German advisor, 225

  Seta, Japanese gunboat, 50

  Shanghai, China, 13–15, 20, 22, 27–28, 34, 39–41, 46, 99, 149–151, 154, 214–215, 223; 1937 world attention riveted on, 21; arrival of Japanese Marines, 83; arrival of the 87th and 88th Divisions, 19; arrival of the 87th and 88th Divisions, 20, 132; battle of, 133, 135–136, 39–148, 153, 155, 160, 162–171, 178–179, 184, 188, 191–193; Black Saturday, 63–64; call for a neutral zone, 81–82; Chiang Kai-shek feels first battle must take place, 31; Chinese losses, 247–248; Chinese troops arrive, 42; Chinese vacate metropolitan areas, 194, 198–199; civilians, 207; dangerous for Japanese to be in, 79; death of Rawlinson, 47; extortion, 18; Falkenhausen’s optimism, 78; fall of, 233–234, 237–243, 245–247, 250, 252; fate is sealed, 227; first bombing by Chinese aircraft, 58–59, 61–64; first shots fired, 54, 65, 74; five-star hotels, 170, 172–173; foreigners evacuate, 79–80; gambling, 18; Germans play a key role, 249; international city, 189; Japanese determined fight, 85; Japanese exodus from, 69–70; Japanese goals, 67; Japanese losses, 251; Japanese units arrive from Manchuria, 81; Japanese victory parade, 247; outside communications cut, 211; “Paris of the East”, 17; Peace Preservation Corps, 38; plans to abandon, 225; poverty, 19; prostitution, 18; “Queen of the Orient”, 17; rapid expansion, 17–18; refugee problems, 200; serious Chinese losses, 53; silence settles upon, 112; soldiers injured had 50 percent chance of survival, 206; start of the battle of, 48, 55–56; troop buildup, 72; two amphibious assaults against, 94

  Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury, 63

  Shanghai Expeditionary Force, 65

  Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, 91

  Shanghai Municipal Council, 42

  Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, 91

  Shanghai Stock Exchange, 34

  Shanghai University, 50

  Shen Zui, Chinese spy, 145–146

  Sheshan, village and battle of, 234–237

  Shimosaka Masao, Japanese officer, 119

  Shizilin, town of, 118–119, 130

  Sino-Japanese joint investigation team, 35

  Sixth War Zone, 147

  Snow, Edgar, American correspondent, 10, 114, 140, 241–243

  Sone Kazuo, Japanese soldier, 165–166, 225–227

  Songhu Garrison Command, 38, 41

  Songjiang, town of, 199, 217, 228, 231, 234

  Spunt, Georges, son of wealthy Shanghai family, 59

  Spunt, Sascha, son of wealthy Shanghai family, 39, 54, 59

  Stalin, Joseph, 116

  Stevens, Pembroke, British correspondent, 243

  Stosstrupp tactics, 72, 73, 171

  Sturm-Abteilung, 77

  Sugiyama Hajime, Japanese army minister, 66, 135

  Sun Liren, Chinese officer, 168–170, 213–214

  Sun Yat-sen, founder of Chinese Republic, 66

  Sun Yuanliang, Chinese officer, 37, 41, 52, 188–190, 233

  Suzhou, city of, 39–40, 54, 89, 104–105, 126, 147, 164, 176, 224, 226, 239

  Suzhou Creek, 45, 55–57, 61, 70, 79, 142, 150, 154, 160, 162,167, 190–191, 194–195, 197, 200–203, 210–213, 227, 232

  Takamatsu, Prince, 25

  Tamai Katsunori, Japanese soldier, 219–221

  Tangbeizhai, village and battle of, 163

  Tangshan Artillery School, 165

  Tani Hisao, Japanese general, 228–229, 235, 237, 253

  Telfer-Smollett, Alexander, commander of British forces in Shanghai, 204–205

  Third War Zone, 103–104, 126, 131–132, 147–148, 164, 187, 224–225, 232, 239

  Tianjin, port city of, 23–24

  Tiltman, Hubert H., British officer, 129–130, 139

  Tong Yuanliang, Chinese officer, 38

  Tongzhou, town of, 24–25

  Toshihara Tokaji, Japanese soldier, 126–127

  Trautmann, Oskar, German ambassador to China, 78, 182

  Verhage, William, American academic, 57–58, 61

  Versailles Treaty, 76

  Vetter, Col. Hans, German advisor, 72

  Wachi Takaji, Japanese officer, 109, 152–153

  Wang Jieshi, Chinese official, 130

  Wanping, walled city of, 23

  Ward Road Jail, 80–81

  Watanabe Wushichi, Japanese officer, 181

  White, Theodore H., American correspondent, 208

  Willens, Liliane, daughter of Shanghai expat family, 33, 114, 246, 253

  Wilson, Robert O., American surgeon, 253

  Wu Ganliao, Chinese soldier, 52

  Wu Keren, Chinese officer, 231

  Wu Yafu, Chinese soldier, 136–137

  Wu Yujun, Chinese officer, 84

  Wuhan, city of, 31

  Wusong, town and battle of, 94, 96, 99, 101–102, 108–109, 112, 118–119, 130, 133, 148, 154, 166, 245–246

  Wusong Creek, 157, 159–165, 169, 173, 175, 178–179, 183–185, 190–192, 206, 213

  Xia Chuzhong, Chinese officer, 122

  Xie Jinyuan, Chinese officer, 195–198, 203–204

  Xiong Xinmin, Chinese officer, 112

  Yamamuro Monetake, Japanese general, 95

  Yan Yinggao, Chinese officer, 162

  Yanagawa Heisuke, Japanese general, 216

  Yang Hu, Shanghai defense commissioner, 204, 205

  Yang Huimin, Chinese civilian, 202–203

  Yang Ruifu, Chinese officer, 196–198, 203, 205

  Yang Yangzheng, Chinese soldier, 206

  Yanghang, village and battle of, 130–132, 134, 137, 175

  Yangshupu, district and battle of, 55, 75, 80, 82, 84, 89, 104, 132–133, 150

  Yangtze River, 14, 17, 20, 35, 39, 72, 94, 97, 105, 108–110, 118–120, 123, 130–133, 177–178, 210, 216, 223, 252

  Yao Ziqing, Chinese officer, 120–121

  Ye Zhao, Chinese general, 238–239

  Yi Jin, Chinese officer, 50

  Yinhang, village of, 108–109, 118

  Yu Hongjun, Shanghai mayor, 37–38, 42, 48, 179, 201, 204, 246

  Yuepu, village and battle of, 130–132, 134, 137–138

  Yura, Japanese cruiser, 93

  Zhabei, district and battle of, 15–16, 19–20, 34,
40–42, 49, 55, 80, 87, 114, 140, 150, 168, 170, 188–189, 194–198, 200, 202–205, 210–211, 229, 243, 246, 249

  Zhang Boting, Chinese general, 187– 190, 204

  Zhang Fakui, Chinese general, 25, 27, 31–32, 37, 39, 73–74, 77, 82, 112–113, 147, 178, 200, 223, 233, 239

  Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord, 163

  Zhang Zhizhong, Chinese General, 31, 33, 39, 48, 72, 82, 98, 103–105, 112, 131–132, 147–149; all-out attack, 51; belligerence personified, 41; headquarters bombed, 54; ideal pick to lead troops, 32; inspects the Yangshupu front, 84; notification of Japanese amphibious assaults, 9, 97; ordered to move troops to Shanghai, 40; serious Chinese losses, 53

  Zhenru, town of, 41, 211

  Zhongshan Bridge, 194, 200

  Zhoujiaqiao, village and battle of, 211– 212

  Zhu Shaoliang, Chinese general, 147

  Zhu Yaohua, Chinese officer, 192–193

  Zoumatang Creek, 191–192

 

 

 


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