Photo of British and Chinese soldier having a discussion in 1937 Shanghai. Most likely during Battle of Shanghai.
As I recall China, under nationalist leadership sent several of its best trained and equipped divisions to Shanghai to fight the Japanese. The divisions had been trained by a German military advisory mission. Needless to say the divisions were mauled and probably did not survive. Contemporary China has released at least one film about this episode, with clips on YouTube and one series today was reported as having been withdrawn.
It was an article in the FT (behind a paywall): From: Subscribe to read | Financial Times There are several clips of 'The Eight Hundred' on YouTube: Even a complete copy:
Witness History - Shanghai at War - BBC Sounds In 1937, Japanese forces entered Shanghai - spelling the end of a period when the Chinese city had been a thriving commercial centre governed by international powers and known as the "Paris of the East". During the eight-year Japanese occupation, local people in Shanghai endured starvation and brutal treatment; while foreigners scrambled to escape as their lifestyle of servants and glamourous parties slowly disappeared. Josephine McDermott speaks to Liliane Willens, who lived through the invasion and occupation of Asia's most international city.
