Shanghai, Joint Trust Warehouse Museum, propaganda
As always in China, all heroic deeds and military successes will be related to the Communist Party. Politics! Even here, were the 88th Division, one of the crack units of the National Government under Chiang were employed without any Communist fighter involved, the propaganda is used. Not long before 1937, the 88th division was used to fight the Communists in Jiangxi province which makes the propaganda even more ridiculous. All achievement were done here without the Communists. Shanghai was under the firm control of the National Government, Communists had been hunted down previously. The few remaining Communists in Shanghai had no influence of the battle.
In general, the vast majority of all fighting was obviously done by the large Chinese army which was under the command of the National Government (Chiang Kai-shek) while the rather small Communist force were usually active in the rear area of the Japanse controlled area, only occassionally fighting at the frontlines, .
Joint Trust Warehouse or Sihang Warehouse is now a museum, located along Guangfu Road along Suzhou Creek.
Fighting took place here from October 26 to November 1, 1937 during the battle for Shanghai as part of WW2.
The 432 defenders (also known as Eight Hundred Heroes) of the warehouse held out against numerous waves of Japanese forces and covered Chinese forces retreating west during the Battle of Shanghai. These men belonged to the 88th Division, a German-trained crack division of the National Government of Chiang Kai-shek under the command of Xie Jinyuan. The division had fought previously against the Communists in Jiangxi province.
In total 10 Chinese were killed and 37 men wounded.
The successful defense of the warehouse provided a morale-lifting consolation to the Chinese army.
Source and further information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Sihang_Warehouse
Shanghai, Joint Trust Warehouse Museum, propaganda
As always in China, all heroic deeds and military successes will be related to the Communist Party. Politics! Even here, were the 88th Division, one of the crack units of the National Government under Chiang were employed without any Communist fighter involved, the propaganda is used. Not long before 1937, the 88th division was used to fight the Communists in Jiangxi province which makes the propaganda even more ridiculous. All achievement were done here without the Communists. Shanghai was under the firm control of the National Government, Communists had been hunted down previously. The few remaining Communists in Shanghai had no influence of the battle.
In general, the vast majority of all fighting was obviously done by the large Chinese army which was under the command of the National Government (Chiang Kai-shek) while the rather small Communist force were usually active in the rear area of the Japanse controlled area, only occassionally fighting at the frontlines, .
Joint Trust Warehouse or Sihang Warehouse is now a museum, located along Guangfu Road along Suzhou Creek.
Fighting took place here from October 26 to November 1, 1937 during the battle for Shanghai as part of WW2.
The 432 defenders (also known as Eight Hundred Heroes) of the warehouse held out against numerous waves of Japanese forces and covered Chinese forces retreating west during the Battle of Shanghai. These men belonged to the 88th Division, a German-trained crack division of the National Government of Chiang Kai-shek under the command of Xie Jinyuan. The division had fought previously against the Communists in Jiangxi province.
In total 10 Chinese were killed and 37 men wounded.
The successful defense of the warehouse provided a morale-lifting consolation to the Chinese army.
Source and further information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Sihang_Warehouse