This Day in History: Bloody Saturday, Shanghai's Darkest Day

New York Times bestselling author's new book on the 1937 Japanese bombing of the city.

by Ned Kelly, 12 August 2022

On This Day: Japanese Take Shanghai International Settlement

An inside look at the Japanese takeover of Shanghai's International Settlement, which began on December 8, 1941.

by Mark Felton, 08 December 2021

PHOTOS: Japanese Occupation of Shanghai, Then and Now

The Japanese takeover of Shanghai's International Settlement began on December 8, 1941​. Here are some photos of the captured areas then and now.

by That's Shanghai, 08 December 2021

New 'China Untold' Episode Explores the Myth of WWII's Missing Chinese Soldiers

While MH370 may be the first China-related mass disappearance to come to mind, it might not be the earliest – or biggest.

by That's, 23 December 2020

Nazi Shanghai: The Rise & Fall of the Third Reich in Shanghai

The unspoken history of the city and the Third Reich.

by JFK Miller, 30 September 2020

Nazi Shanghai: 7 Nazis Who Loomed Large in Old Shanghai

A monstrous collection of careerists and criminals, perverts and parvenus, fanatics and fakirs, gauleiters and hoodlums.

by Matthew Neckelmann, 30 September 2020

Nazi Shanghai: 8 Nazi Landmarks of Old Shanghai

Where you’d find the Third Reich.

by JFK Miller, 30 September 2020

Nazi Shanghai: Tai Li, ‘Himmler of China’ Who Copied the Gestapo

The Generalissimo’s chief spook who modeled his secret service department on the Gestapo.

by Matthew Neckelmann, 30 September 2020

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