Chinese Revolution · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Changsha fire (1938)
On the Chinese Revolution map as “The Changsha fire”
13 Nov 1938 — Alarmed by the fall of Wuhan, the garrison set fire to Changsha while the enemy was still 100 km away. The accidental inferno killed some 20,000–30,000 people, a terrible loss inflicted by China’s own side. Changsha went on to repel three Japanese offensives in 1939–42, remaining a stubborn hinge of the war.
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- Sino-Japanese War stalemate (chapter 9 of Chinese Revolution)
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- China in Revolution, 1911–1949
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