11 Sep 1937
China
China
- Following the advice of German advisor to China Falkenhausen, Chinese troops dug in at Luodian near Shanghai to defend against a Japanese offensive. The 300,000 Chinese infantry troops would hold on to Luodian for four days against attacks by 100,000 Japanese troops with overwhelming firepower. ww2dbase [Second Battle of Shanghai | Shanghai | CPC]
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