PHOTOS: Eastern Occupation of Shanghai, Then and Now

PHOTOS: Eastern Occupation of Shanghai, Then and Now

The Eastern takeover of Shanghai’s World Settlement began on December 8, 1941. Listed right here are some images of the captured areas then and now.

1. Garden Bridge (then) and Waibaidu Bridge (now)

Garden Bridge Japanese Takeover

Eastern Particular Naval Landing Force marines drive all over Garden Bridge (now Waibaidu Bridge) previous Shanghai Mansions (now Broadway Mansions) and onto the Bund on the morning of December 8, 1941.

Waibaidu Bridge today

Waibaidu Bridge nowadays.

2. Park Resort and Mammoth Theatre

A Japanese Army band marches up Nanjing Xi Lu past the Park Hotel and the Grand Theatre during a large parade to celebrate their capture of the International Settlement in December 1941

A Eastern Navy band marches up Nanjing Xi Lu previous the Park Resort and the Mammoth Theatre in the direction of a huge parade to thrill in an very just precise time their interact of the World Settlement in December 1941.

The same area in modern times

The identical situation in contemporary events.

3. Shanghai Racecourse (then) and Of us’s Square (now)

Park Hotel Shanghai Japanese invasion

Eastern Form-95 light tanks win the streets all around the Flee Path (now Of us’s Square) on the morning of December 8, 1941.

Park Hotel in People's Square

That identical situation in the 21st century.

4. Nanjing Xi Lu

 Chinese clamor to remove their savings from a branch of Bank of China on Nanjing Xi Lu (next door to Marks & Spencer today) while a Japanese soldier with fixed bayonet stands guard alongside several Shanghai Municipal Police officers

Chinese language clamor to capture their savings from a branch of Financial institution of China on Nanjing Xi Lu (near nowadays’s Taikoo Hui) while a Eastern soldier with mounted bayonet stands guard alongside several Shanghai Municipal Law enforcement officials.

The same area in 2012

The identical situation in 2012.

READ MORE: The 1941 Eastern Takeover of the World Settlement

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