It did not take long at all for the hostilities in northern China to spread to other parts of the country, mostly because that was Chiang Kai-shek's whole strategy. And while Japanese planners weren't too keen on fighting in and around Shanghai, they weren't about to lose face by shrinking from a direct challenge. The result was a multi-month battle that left both sides bloodied, exhausted, and grimly resigned to the war being a long one.
Also, I updated the bibliographies for the past few episodes! Been a crazy few weeks, finally summoned the wherewithal to get it together.
Bibliography for this episode:
Mitter, Rana Forgotten Ally: China's World War II 1937-1945 Mariner Books 2013
van de Ven, Hans China At War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China Profile Books Ltd 2017
van de Ven, Hans War and Nationalism in China, 1925-1945 Routledge 2003
van de Ven, Hans, Mark Peattie, and Edward J. Drea The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 Stanford University Press 2011
Frank, Richard B Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War July 1937-May 1942 Pacific War History Inc 2020
Taylor, Jay The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China Harvard University Press 2011
Paine, S.C.M The Wars for Asia 1911-1949 Cambridge University Press 2014
Bix, Herbert P. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Perennial 2001
Harmsen, Peter Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze Casemate 2013
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