Full Scale Invasion of China (Second Sino-Japanese War)

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Was the first Japanese campaign of the full scale invasion of China after the occupation of Manchuria, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The campaign led to the military occupation of many important Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Nanjing and Kaifeng.

Chronology

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November 1937: Battle of Taiyuan.

December 1937: Battle of Nanjing.

May 1938: Battle of Xuzhou.

September 1937: Sporadic skirmishing soon escalated into a full-scale battle in which Beijing and its port city of Tianjin fell to Japanese forces (July-August 1937).

June 1937: On June 6, the Japanese captured Kaifeng.

October 1938: The Japanese captured Wuhan, forcing the KMT to retreat to Chongqing.

1. Battle of Shanghai

Was a battle between China and Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War resulting in the Japanese occupation of Shanghai.

September 1937: On September 6 Baoshan fell to the Japanese.

October 1937: Dachang finally fell to Japanese forces.

November 1937: Jinshanwei conquered by japan.

August 1937: The SEF, led by Iwane Matsui, landed in Liuhe, Wusong, and Chuanshakou.

November 1937: Battle of Shanghai.

August 1937: On August 22, the Japanese 3rd, 8th, and 11th Divisions made an amphibious assault under the cover of naval bombardment and proceeded to land in Chuanshakou, towns on the northeast coast some fifty kilometers away from downtown Shanghai.