Shanghai in 1945. Indian Sikh police are directing traffic on the streets, and two American sailors are also holding batons to direct, which makes Indians look disgusted. Surrounded by lively Chinese, the atmosphere is relaxed and harmonious.
After Japan's unconditional surrender, the famous American magazine "Life" sent reporters to Shanghai and took a large number of photos to record the social situation of Shanghai at that time.
According to the "Shanghai Concession Chronicle", in 1843, Shanghai opened a port, established the British Concession, and Indians began to come to Shanghai. In order to maintain law and order, the concession authorities began to recruit a large number of patrols and janitors from India in 1883, these Sikh Sikhs, tall, dark-faced, red-clothed heads, uniforms similar to Western catchers.
In addition to the Sikhs, there is another Indian ethnic group that has a special significance for the development of Shanghai, they are Parsis. Parsis literally means "Persian", specifically referring to the Zoroastrian Persians who migrated from ancient Persia to the Indian subcontinent. The earliest known Parsi immigrants came to Shanghai in 1847, and the Parsis community was small but capable.
In 1852, of the 41 foreign companies in Shanghai, there were 8 Parsis foreign firms, most of which were engaged in the opium trade. Unlike the Sikhs who wrapped red turbans, the Parsis had a white turban wrapped around their heads, and the locals generally referred to them as "white-headed Persians". After 1949, the Parsis left Shanghai.
On November 20, 1943, the Battle of Tarawa broke out, and the fierce battle between the American and Japanese army lasted for three days. This is a photograph of the battlefield taken the day after the end of the war, with lives destroyed and corpses strewn across the field.
The Battle of Tarawa took place in the Gilbert Islands of Kiribati. The battle was the first time that the U.S. military faced a fierce Japanese counterattack in an amphibious landing operation in the Pacific. The 4,500 Japanese defenders who participated in the operation received sufficient supplies before the battle, and they almost fought to the last of the soldiers, which cost the American army dearly, and a total of 1696 American soldiers were killed in the 76 hours after the start of the war, and 6400 people died in the battle.
In November 1947, Elizabeth and Philip were married.
On April 9, 2021 local time, Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Philip had passed away at the age of 99. The two have spent 74 years together.
Prince Philip's marriage to Elizabeth II began in 1939. At that time, King George VI and his family arrived at the Royal Naval School in Thammer, where Phillips, 18, was studying. Elizabeth, 13, noticed Phillips. As King George's yacht sailed away from Dartmouth, Philip "requisitioned" a small rowboat, paddled with full force, and ignored the increasingly stern warning signals issued by the royal yacht. The future Elizabeth II watched with interest how the handsome teenager rowed the boat vigorously, while his father, King George, shouted "This damn idiot".
When the two were married, it was 8 years since they first met. Phillips is said to be very stubborn and cautious about marriage. Although Philip and Elizabeth, who served in the military during World War II, had been in correspondence, it was only in the second year after the war that he began to really seriously consider his life's events.
In the winter of 1947, Britain was shrouded in a haze: the harsh winter of lack of coal, the introduction of rationing, the loss of India and Burma, the development of the Cold War, all of which gave a gloomy atmosphere. And the wedding of Phillips and Elizabeth brought some joy to the country. The couple received a large number of gifts, including hundreds of pairs of nylon stockings and dozens of turkeys sent by American women — because enthusiastic American women thought that "she lives in England, where there is nothing to eat."
Although the two have been in the same boat and have a lot of love, privately, like all couples, they will also experience stumbling in life, and when the temper comes, Philip will also angrily accuse his wife of being a "stupid" and "bad temper like a pig". They've always had big differences and their preferences, but that doesn't stop them from spending 74 years together.
On 18 April 2009, Prince Philip overtook Charlotte, wife of King George III, to become the longest-serving monarch in the UK.
Shanghai, 1947. Stills of the classic comedy film "Fake Phoenix" shot by the famous American "Life" magazine, the actress was Li Lihua, who was a household name at the time, at the age of 23.
Shanghai was once the largest film city in the Far East. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, filmmakers who had previously retreated to various places returned to Shanghai one after another and resumed film creation.
In the late 1940s, the classic comedy film "False Phoenix" was born, China's first modern local opera Yue opera film "Xianglin Sister-in-law", China's first color film "Life and Death Hate", etc., Shanghai film entered a period of revival.
Born in Shanghai in 1924, Li Lihua joined the Shanghai Yihua Film Company at the age of 16 and became famous for starring in "Three Laughs" in 1940. Li Lihua has starred in more than 120 films for more than 40 years, is a highly known prolific actress in the middle of the last century, and is also a winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards. On March 20, 2017, Li Lihua died in the United States at the age of 93.
In 1944, a Soviet guerrilla armed to the teeth: a PPSH-41 submachine gun, an RGD-33 grenade, an RPG-40 anti-tank grenade, three F1 grenades, a German Type 24 wooden-handled grenade, a 7.62 bullet, and two Nagant M1895 revolvers.
During the Russian era, the Nagant revolver was only distributed to officers, and some police officers also used it. By the Soviet era, the Nagant pistol was stable and reliable, and was initially only distributed to officers, but during World War II, the pistol was mass-produced and was available to many soldiers, guerrillas and even civilians.
Despite the introduction of the more advanced Tokarev pistol in 1930, the popularity of the Nagant pistol was not affected. From 1895 to 1945, a total of about 2 million Nagant pistols were produced.
One of the weird things about this photo is that the guerrilla was carrying a 7.62 rifle cartridge but not a corresponding weapon. Perhaps this hanging bullet was carried by comrades- and another possibility is that the 7.62 rifle cartridge was suitable for the Mosin Nagant rifle, which made a total of 37 million guns, which at that time could be said to be available everywhere, so carrying one more bullet, if necessary, find an empty gun to start.
In addition, the spare ammunition of the PPSH-41 submachine gun was not seen from the equipment, combined with the German-made grenades and two pistols in it, it is possible that this photo was taken after a certain battle, and the soldier was randomly piled with some equipment and pushed him in front of the camera.
In October 1939, Soviet and German troops met in central Poland and formally divided Poland.
On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the Non-Aggression Pact, one of which was a secret additional agreement to divide Poland. Just a week later, Germany attacked Poland on 1 September, the Soviet Union invaded Poland, and on 6 October, the two countries occupied all of Poland. During the war, 66,300 Polish troops were killed, 133,700 wounded, 911,000 captured (694,000 Germans and 217,000 Soviets), and 100,000 fled to neighboring countries.
At 3 a.m. on September 17, after the German invasion of Poland, the Soviet Union read a note to the Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union to the effect that the Polish government had collapsed and showed no signs that it still existed. Poland was the most convenient place for all invasions and threats to the security of the Soviet Union. Thus, the Soviet Government, which has hitherto remained neutral, cannot remain neutral in the face of such facts.
In view of this situation, the Soviet Government ordered the Red Army High Command and its subordinate units to cross the border in order to protect the lives and property of the inhabitants of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus.
Even Molotov once said on this issue: "The Soviet government really cannot find any other reason, because the Soviet Union has never inquired about the situation of the compatriots of the minority nationalities living in Poland before, and the current interference must always be justified externally."
But the honeymoon between the Soviet Union and Germany did not last long. On June 22, 1941, Germany tore up the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact and launched a fierce attack on the Soviet Union, and the Soviet-German War broke out.
The Soviet government instead signed an agreement with the Polish government-in-exile, and although the Polish government at this time did not have even an inch of land, the Soviet Union resumed diplomatic relations with Poland and recognized it as the sole legitimate government of Poland.
In Shanghai, an Indian Sikh police officer directing traffic at an intersection. These Sikhs came to China after the opening of the Qing Dynasty, and for hundreds of years at that time, they also built Sikh temples in Shanghai.
According to the "Shanghai Concession Chronicle", in 1843, Shanghai opened a port to establish the British Concession, and Indians began to come to Shanghai, living in the present-day Guangxi North Road in Huangpu District, most of them were Sikhs from the Indian province of Punjab, sikhs, so Guangxi North Road was also called Sikh Road.
In 1863, the Anglo-American Concession was merged to establish a public concession, and the Sikhs moved to Hongkou and settled in the area of today's Dongbaoxing Road. In order to maintain law and order in the concession, the concession authorities began to recruit a large number of patrols and doormen from India in 1883, who were tall, dark-faced, with red cloth-wrapped heads and uniforms similar to those of the Western Catcher. After the British retreated, the Sikhs who remained in Shanghai also specialized in dairy farming and dairy products, mainly living in Hongkou District.
At that time, Indians lived in Shanghai, and together with Shanghai experienced the rise and fall of the ten miles of ocean field. The name "Bund", Shanghai's most recognizable landmark, is derived from the Hindi word for "Bundh", which means "embankment". Not only that, but between 1843 and 1915, the British named ten Streets of Shanghai after ten Indian cities.