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Curmudgeoness

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3. Regarding Japan attacking Shanghai,

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 06:52 PM

Apr 2014

The January 28 Incident (January 28 – March 3, 1932) was a short war between the armies of the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, before official hostilities of the Second Sino-Japanese War commenced in 1937.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Shanghai_Incident

It looks like the first attack occurred in 1932. I learned something new today, between this and the air raids on London during WWI.

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Awesome book. (Great movie by Frank Capra too.) n/t FSogol Apr 2014 #4

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