This is an extremely rare original war record book, “Jiangnan no Sen” (The Battle of Jiangnan), privately printed in 1932 as a commemorative publication for the 36th Infantry Regiment during the First Shanghai Incident. It was not sold to the public but distributed only to unit members, making it a highly scarce survivor.
◆ The 36th Infantry Regiment
The 36th Infantry Regiment, part of the 14th Division (Utsunomiya), was a long-standing frontline unit since the Russo-Japanese War. In the 1932 Shanghai Incident, the regiment played a key role in the fierce Jiangnan campaign, engaging in close urban combat and sustaining heavy casualties while carrying out crucial operations.
◆ Historical Context – The Shanghai Incident (1932)
In January 1932, clashes in Shanghai rapidly escalated into a large-scale conflict between Japanese forces and China’s 19th Route Army. Known as the First Shanghai Incident, it became one of the earliest full-scale battles of the Sino-Japanese conflicts.
The Jiangnan campaign was a pivotal operation in which Japanese forces advanced south of Shanghai to secure the area, attracting global attention due to Shanghai’s international status.
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◆ Value
As an original wartime unit record with maps and casualty lists, this book offers research value far beyond later postwar publications. A unique and important artifact for serious collectors of Japanese military history and scholars of the early Showa era.
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