Zhabei on fire in downtown Shanghai, 1937.
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Evillittlekenny

Shanghai on fire

Symbolic of the ferocity of the War in the pacific, I found this photo on wwiiarchives.net.  Many other interesting, and at times rather rare, photographs were found there depicting mostly the American experience...

&quot;An American Marine, in foreground, still clutches the knife with which he killed a Japanese soldier, in background, in a duel on Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll. A moment after finishing off his adversary, a sniper’s bullet killed the Marine.&quot;

Battle of Eniwetok

A japanese wounded soldier recevides help by two of his comrades in the Suzhou River combat, Shanghai 1937