This photograph was taken in 1932 in Zhabei, Shanghai, where the two men with the squirrel's eyes were two Japanese soldiers on sentry.
On September 18, 1931, after the Japanese army launched the 918 Incident in the northeast region of China to occupy the northeast region, they tried to support a puppet regime called puppet Manchukuo in the northeast region, but they were worried about arousing strong opposition from China and the international community, so they planned to create a new aggression in the Shanghai area in order to attract the attention of the international community.
On January 18, 1932, the Japanese military attaché in Shanghai, Takayoshi Tanaka, and Yoshiko Kawashima instigated five Japanese monks to clash with the Workers' Volunteer Army at a construction site in Shanghai.
Two traitors in the Workers' Volunteer Army, who had been planted by Yoshiko Kawashima, took the opportunity to kill two Japanese monks, and the Japanese used this as an excuse to attack the Nineteenth Route Army stationed at the gate on the night of January 28, 1937.
The scene in the photo was taken in Zhabei on January 29, and it can be seen that the buildings here have been destroyed, the Japanese army has occupied the place, and at the feet of the two Japanese soldiers is the building that collapsed after being destroyed by them.
This photograph was taken in January 1932 at Shanghai North Railway Station, and although it is Shanghai in China, these are Japanese Marines.
These soldiers were sitting in front of a position set up in the street to take pictures, and the attitude of these aggressors was very arrogant, and they were not ashamed of their acts of aggression in the slightest.
Because of these acts of aggression by the Japanese army, they caused great harm to the people of Shanghai, and a large number of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed in the conflict, and later because of the stubborn resistance of the Nineteenth Route Army and the people of Shanghai, the Sino-Japanese conflict in Shanghai in 1932 ended with the defeat of the Japanese army.
This photo was taken in Zhabei, Shanghai in 1932, two local residents are inspecting the house destroyed by the war, this should be two couples, although they can not see their front, but they can still feel how sad they are after seeing their homes destroyed.
There is still smoke rising on the ruins, this place should have been bombed by the Japanese army not long ago, after the homes of these two people were destroyed by the Japanese army, where should they go in the future?
This photograph was taken in 1932 near the building of the Zhabei Commercial Press in Shanghai, which can be seen in ruins under the bombardment of the Japanese army.
This was taken in 1932 at the gate of the Zhabei Commercial Press in Shanghai, and it can be seen that this gate has been reinforced in advance, which is a solid iron door, and two large holes have been blown open in the gate, but the Japanese army did not enter through the main gate, and the gate was still locked.
This is the street after being destroyed by the Japanese army, and you can see that the shops on both sides of the street have become dilapidated under the destruction of the Japanese army, and there are shoes companies and shops selling books and gold.
The casualties and economic losses caused by the Japanese army to Shanghai are immeasurable, and even if the whole of Japan is sold, it will not be enough to compensate.
The ruins in the photo are the ruins of the Shanghai Opera House (cinema) after the destruction of the Japanese army.
This photo was taken near Shanghai North Railway Station, and you can see that the surrounding houses have almost all collapsed, which was originally a very busy street, but under the destruction of the Japanese army, it has become a ruin.
The picture shows a Chinese lying in the rubble, and it can be seen that he has unfortunately died, and there is blood flowing from his stomach, and if it were not for the Japanese invasion, he would not have left like this.
This is a photo taken in the middle of a street, a Japanese soldier standing next to a destroyed bus, which turned out to be a very busy street, but under the destruction of the Japanese army, it was already devastated.
A Japanese soldier found a little girl in the ruins, this little girl did not look much bigger, looking at her dress, her parents should also be the upper class at that time, but in the face of these cruel soldiers, it seems that her parents' status is no longer helpless.
The little girl did not realize that she was in danger when she took the photo, and according to the brutal behavior of the Japanese army, the little girl should be less fierce after being photographed.
This is a Japanese destroyer docked on the Huangpu River, and you can see that there are Japanese Marines on the deck of the warship.
This is shanghai's Hongqiao airport, which was blown up by the Japanese army, and it can be seen that the airport has become a ruin, and the shell of a burned aircraft is still on the ruins.
The photograph shows the Japanese army retreating from the streets of Shanghai after the defeat, when the Japanese army sent more than 70,000 people to invade Shanghai, and the Chinese army sent more than 50,000 people to stubbornly resist.
The Japanese troops who were retreating in the streets could be seen that these Japanese troops were very well equipped, and although the Japanese army was superior in numbers and equipment, they still withdrew from the battlefield in defeat.
The Japanese army also dispatched 4 cruisers, 4 destroyers, and 2 aircraft carriers in this war, and if the Japanese army did not have the advantage of water surface, I am afraid that the Japanese army would lose even worse.