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Beyond Glory: Modern warfare, medical assistance and casualties in the 1932 Shanghai Battle
Henriot C.
War & Society 31, 2 (2012) 16-35 - http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00703573
Beyond Glory: Modern warfare, medical assistance and casualties in the 1932 Shanghai Battle
Christian Henriot () 1, 2
1 :  Institut d'Asie Orientale (IAO)
http://iao.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/
CNRS : UMR5062 – Université Lumière - Lyon II – École Normale Supérieure - Lyon
15 Parvis René Descartes BP 7000 69342 LYON CEDEX 07
France
2 :  Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
Institut Universitaire de France
France
Anglais
08/02/2011

The 1932 Sino-Japanese conflict in Shanghai was the first example of a modern war waged in a large city between two heavily equipped armies. It was also the first urban conflict during which massive destruction, especially aerial bombing, ensued with utmost disregard for the consequences to civilians. This paper looks at the damage and losses the two contending armies suffered. The group of Chinese armies involved in the conflict was not prepared either to handle the consequences of using highly lethal weapons or to provide the appropriate level of medical assistance to their soldiers involved. The result was a catastrophic level of casualties. The battle for Shanghai announced the frightening massive waves of destruction that World War II would unleash on European and Japanese cities.

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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire

War & Society
internationale
2012
31
2
16-35

China – Shanghai – war – weaponry – casualties – civilian – medical care – aerial bombing