Japan invaded China in an all-round way. Why should we fight the battle of Shanghai and Shanghai first, and then Nanjing? Is it inevitable or accidental?

First of all, before the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army had 3,000 marines stationed in Shanghai, which was too close to Nanjing. For the safety of the capital, the National Government could not tolerate Japanese troops in Shanghai, while Chiang Kai-shek had three newly formed ordnance divisions, all of which were elites of the Central Army.

Besides, just after the July 7th Incident, the people unanimously demanded that the government resist Japan. Looking at a historical event, there are both his inevitable factors and his accidental factors. The inevitable factor is the grand strategy of the Japanese army, which captured Nanking and forced the National Government to surrender, so as to achieve his ambition of destroying China within three months.

The accidental factor is that on August 9th, just before the August 13th Sino-Japanese War in Shanghai, Japanese Marine Captain Yukio Edano and first-class sailor Saito asked to take a bus into Hongqiao Airport, but they were stopped by the China Gendarmerie guarding the airport. Later, the incident escalated, and two people were killed. The Japanese side believed that China was deliberately provocative. This is the Shanghai Hongqiao airport incident, also known as the Hongqiao incident.

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War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the people of China, is the first time in modern times that the Chinese nation has won an all-round victory in the war against aggression and national liberation. This is an important event in the history of China and the world in the 20th century, and it is also a spectacle in the history of war.

First, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory completely defeated the Japanese aggressors and defended China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity. It cleared away the humiliation of China people being enslaved and oppressed by imperialism since the Opium War, greatly promoted the historical process of China Revolution and laid a solid foundation for the final victory of China's new-democratic revolution.

Second, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory promoted the awakening and unity of the Chinese nation and carried forward the great national spirit with patriotism as the core. Patriotism has become the strongest voice and theme of the Anti-Japanese War: the interests of the country and the nation are paramount, and conquered people will swear allegiance to the death. We are United as one, hardworking and brave, not afraid of violence, fighting bloody battles, striving for self-improvement and pioneering and innovating.

Third, China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression are important parts of the world anti-fascist war and the main battlefields in the East. In the world anti-fascist war, China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression started the earliest, lasted the longest, fought the Japanese the most and paid the highest price, which played an irreplaceable role.

The victory of China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression created a miracle that the semi-colonial and semi-feudal weak countries defeated the imperialist powers, and inspired the people of the colonial and semi-colonial countries to fight for national independence and liberation. China participated in the founding of the United Nations and became a permanent member of the UN Security Council, which significantly enhanced China's international status and influence and effectively safeguarded world peace.

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