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Battle of Sihang Warehouse | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||
![]() Sihang Warehouse during the battle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
410-420 soldiers[2] | ~1200 naval infantry[3][4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Xie's Claim:[5] 10 killed 37 wounded 2022 Western Estimate:[6] 33 killed and missing 50+ wounded Japanese Claim: ~80 killed[7] |
Japanese Claim: 1 killed, ~40 wounded[8][9][7][Note 1] Chinese Claim: 100~200+ killed[10][11][12] Hundreds wounded 4 tanks destroyed or damaged[5] Several armored cars destroyed or damaged | ||||||
Location within Shanghai |
Sihang Warehouse | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 四行倉庫 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 四行仓库 | ||||||
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Eight Hundred Heroes | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 八百壯士 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 八百壮士 | ||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||
Kanji | 四行倉庫 | ||||||
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The Battle of Sihang Warehouse (Chinese: 四行倉庫保衛戰) took place from October 26 to November 1, 1937, and marked the beginning of the end of the three-month Battle of Shanghai in the opening phase of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Defenders of the warehouse held out against numerous waves of Japanese forces and covered Chinese forces retreating west during the Battle of Shanghai.
Accounts from Chinese, Japanese, and Western sources on the Defense of Sihang Warehouse vary significantly in nature, with both Chinese and Western accounts remembering the conflict as an excellent defense against a vastly numerically superior enemy, while Japanese records point to the defense being a relatively unremarkable event within the entire Battle of Shanghai.
Regardless of the integrity of Chinese and Japanese claims, the defense of the warehouse and media reporting of the event provided a morale-lifting consolation to the Chinese army and people in the demoralizing aftermath of the Japanese invasion of China.[13] The warehouse's location just across the Suzhou Creek from the foreign concessions in Shanghai meant the battle took place in full view of the western powers.
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