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Sino-Japanese War
English album of the Second Sino-Japanese War

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German album of the Second Sino-Japanese War. 1937. Circa 102 vintage gelatin silver prints. Most circa 6 x 9 cm. Inserted in photo corners on black album pages (some wear), annotated in German in white ink below/above the images on the mount, handwritten title page 4 Monate Krieg Shanghai, bound in contemporary cloth album with cord binding.

This album was compiled by a German chronicler, likely a member of the German military mission, who visited the battlefields in and around Shanghai shortly after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The photographs document scenes of devastation, including damaged buildings, destroyed bridges and rail stations, and fallen Chinese and Japanese soldiers. Most of the images focus on the heavily affected Zhabei district and have detailed German captions and titles, identifying specific sites of destruction. – Some prints with oxidation mirroring, some with light staining/buckling, many in good to very good condition.