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Sino-Japanese War part four, the battle for Shanghai.

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By the beginning of September, the situation was beginning to look very bad for the Chinese

around Shanghai.

Since the failed attacks of August 17th, the overall balance of forces and the positioning

of those forces had done nothing but deteriorate as Japanese troops had landed north of

Shanghai and proceeded to move inland.

Even if the Chinese defenders had put up a very good showing in slowing the Japanese expansion

of their beachhead, the fact remained that it had continued to increase in size and several

important areas had been lost. In the area around Shanghai, as the fighting continued to expand, it took on a slow,

grinding style. The areas that were being fought over north of Shanghai were generally rice and

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