THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 13
November 13 in history
What happened on November 13: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1938, each linked to the map that shows it.
— 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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