![Japanese marines prepare to open fire with machine guns on the outnumbered Chinese position at Sihang Warehouse in October 1937. National Archives](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/M-Shanghai-012-e1680641654804-760x427.jpg)
December 2007
Military Heritage
Chinese Alamo: Last Stand at Sihang Warehouse
By Eric NiderostOn October 27, 1937, the Zhabei district of Shanghai began to burn, an enormous conflagration that stretched for five miles and filled the northern horizon from end to end, almost as far as the eye could see. Read more