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Bloody Saturday Shanghai Bookshop Diorama, 1937

Posted: August 15th, 2024 | No Comments »

A bookshop window display in Shanghai, August 1937, depicts the events of Bloody Saturday (14/8/37) as the Chinese air force attempt to sink the Japanese battle cruiser Idzumo on the Huangpu (events recreated in my Penguin China Special, Bloody Saturday: Shanghai’s Darkest Day – click to buy here….



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