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1937 in China

  • Battle of TaiyuanThe Marco Polo Bridge incident erupted in July 1937, igniting a wider war between China and Japan. By the end of that month, Japanese North China Area Army…
  • Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression PactNanjing hosted the signing of the Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact on the 21st of August 1937. This document emerged between the Republic of China and the…
  • Battle of XinkouIn late September 1937, Japanese commander Itagaki Seishiro ordered the Fifth Division and Chahar Expeditionary Force to begin their assault on the Chinese…
  • USS Panay incidentThe Yangtze River flowed past Nanjing in the early weeks of December 1937, carrying a heavy burden of war. Japanese forces had invaded China during the…
  • Battle of PingxingguanJapanese forces advanced along the Beijing, Baotou railway to Inner Mongolia after capturing Beiping at the end of July 1937.