Japanese occupation of Shanghai

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The Japanese occupation of Shanghai was the period during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Imperial Japan controlled and administered Shanghai, marked by military rule, economic exploitation, and widespread human rights abuses against the Chinese population.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military occupation
administrativeCenter Japanese military headquarters in Shanghai
capital Shanghai
characterizedBy censorship
collaborationist administration
economic exploitation
human rights abuses
military rule
political repression
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War
countryInvolved Empire of Japan
Republic of China
endEvent Japanese surrender in World War II
endTime 1945
followedBy Chinese Civil War period in Shanghai
Chinese Nationalist reoccupation of Shanghai
hasPart occupation of the French Concession in Shanghai
occupation of the Shanghai International Settlement (1941–1945)
languageOfAdministration Chinese
Japanese
location Shanghai
occupyingPower Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
partOf Japanese occupation of China
Second Sino-Japanese War
Second World War in Asia
persecutedGroup Allied nationals in Shanghai
Chinese civilians
Chinese resistance fighters
political dissidents
precededBy Battle of Shanghai (1932)
Shanghai under Nationalist government control
region East Asia
result economic disruption in Shanghai
postwar war crimes investigations
severe civilian casualties
strengthening of Chinese anti-Japanese resistance
significantEvent Navy air raids on Shanghai
bombing of Shanghai
establishment of puppet municipal governments
forced labor of Chinese civilians
internment of Allied civilians after 1941
mass arrests of suspected resistance members
startEvent Battle of Shanghai (1937)
startTime 1937
timePeriod 20th century
usedCurrency Chinese legal tender under Japanese control
Japanese military scrip in occupied China


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