Peter Harmsen
Author of 'Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze'
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Feb 26, 2024 • 1h 21min
Peter Harmsen, "Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze" (Casemate, 2015)
The podcast discusses the forgotten Battle of Shanghai in 1937, involving a million soldiers and 3 million civilians. Key figures like Chiang Kai-shek, Matsui Iwane, Claire Chennault, and Alexander von Falkenhausen emerge. It explores Japan's imperial ambitions, the intense battle in Shanghai, and the evolving treatment of prisoners of war. The horrors of the Nanjing Massacre and the myth of Japanese soldiers' discipline are also discussed.
