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Dates: during 1938-1938
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...Japan's drive in Central China on Hankow closed pincers-like. At Sinyang the Japanese blasted their way into the walled city and cut the only railway over which Russian supplies could reach Hankow. On the Yangtze River Japanese naval vessels poured shells on the fortified heights of Maoshan and Shihhweiyao, on opposite banks of the river and only 60 miles in a beeline from Hankow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Midnight Invasion | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

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