20 Aug 1937
- Mutsu embarked 2,000 men of the Japanese Army 11th Division. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- China was divided into five war areas for the purpose of organizing defense. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Liu Cuigang, flying a Hawk III fighter, shot down a Japanese fighter and an E8N seaplane from seaplane carrier Kamoi after he dropped a 500-pound bomb on a Japanese troop concentration in Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Nachi departed Nagoya, Japan with the headquarters company and 1st company of 6th Infantry Regiment of Japanese Army 3rd Division aboard. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
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