Defense of Sihang Warehouse Part 5: October 30th (Day 4)
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This is the fifth video of a series on the Defence of Sihang Warehouse, an event that occurred in Shanghai during the early days of the Second Sino-Japanese War, or WW2 in China. Part 5 looks at what happened on October 30, 1937, which is the last day of the battle, as well as the early hours of the 31st, which is when the retreat took place. This video will also briefly examine what happened after the defenders retreated into the international settlement.
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Correction: Yang Yangzheng was one of the last surviving members of the original defenders.
Thanks for the post! I'm researching Shanghai '37 to recreate the battle for a video game.
Thanks for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Another really well researched and engaging episode! Can't wait for the final video in the series on the experiences of the soldiers!
Thanks! I’ll get started on that one really soon. Glad you enjoyed the video and looking forward to your next video as well!
Another great video. I just started reading Forgotten Ally a couple of weeks ago and found it interesting that this battle was hardly mentioned.
Thanks! It definitely gets overlooked a lot. I guess part of the reason is that it technically falls within the larger Battle of Shanghai. The story of a single battalion fighting in Shanghai is probably easily overlooked. The Western powers like Great Britain were also neutral at the time so they wouldn’t be promoting this event either in order to stay on good terms with Japan. Hopefully as time progresses, more people will learn of what happened here. Thanks again!
Would be interesting to see you analyse the inaccuracies between the movie and the actual events. Another great video.
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll keep that in mind! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Great content dude. Waiting for the rest. 👍
Thanks again! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great vid once again :)!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
impressive shots very brilliant ones :)
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!
Well done mate, another gem, keep it up
Thanks again! I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos! Looking forward to your videos as well!
@@resistanceremembered Thanks mate hopefully I can get another one done soon
Well done great video 🙂🙂🙂
Thanks Stan! Glad you enjoyed it!
@@resistanceremembered 🙂🙂🙂
PLEASE SEND ME THE FOOTAGE OF THE FLAG RAISING CEREMONY AT SIHANG WAREHOUSE AT THE END OF THE VIDEO. THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thanks for watching! I believe it’s a clip from Universal Newsreels, Release 615 from November 15, 1937. Hope that helps!
@@resistanceremembered Thank you so much! Really big fan of your content
@@Sons_Of_Birth Thanks so much for your support! Glad I can help!
@@resistanceremembered Nooooo I need to be in an institution to get the footage.
@@Sons_Of_Birth Really? I’m sure there’re more databases/archives out there that don’t require you to be part of an institution. However, the Universal Newsreels clip had no sound and only consisted of short scenes pieced together, not a long continuous shot. I actually already included all the clips related to the flag raising ceremony in this video haha. If only we had the original stock footage, that would be really nice. There’s actually one other video I’m aware of that captured the flag on Sihang Warehouse. Try searching clip 1066590668 on Getty Images and you should be able to see it. Hope this helps!
Another interesting and indepth video. Again, great use of period film and photos and really good commentary. Really miss that simple style of commentary, unlike the dumbed down documentaries on offer these days. That Blockhouse F structure is interesting. I'm guessing that it was put up before the Japanese invasion, maybe to control any possible future uprisings against the foreigners such as happened during the 'Boxer Rebellion' a generation before? Seems in a very strategic position by that Lese bridge. Really enjoyed your output and you really deserve more subscribers for your efforts.
Glad you enjoyed it! You’re correct with the reason behind the positioning of the British blockhouse. Anti-foreigner sentiment was still quite high in China at the time as many people believed the Western powers controlled land that belonged to China. As such, those western powers were wary of attempts to take back the land by force from the Chinese, which could have been a possibility, especially before the Japanese invasion. On the other hand, the Chinese were afraid that the Western countries wanted to expand the land that they controlled and also built fortifications facing the International Settlement, just in case haha! Thanks again for watching!
@@resistanceremembered Kind of ironic, but looking at your photos and film clips it seems like the men of the 88th. Division were equipped with more modern gear and weapons than the British garrison across the river.
@@HanauMan Yeah lol! I’ve never actually thought about it that way before!The M35 helmets does really stand out against the British Mk1/Mk2 steel helmets. It seems that British troops there were often given leftover WW1 era equipment like the P’08 webbing while the elite Chinese troops had a lot of equipment purchased from the 1930s. Thanks for pointing this out!
Im asking out of pure desperation here but could you link Yang Ruifus memoirs/direct where to find a copy?
Ive been looking all day and i cant find them. Im sorry to ask by i need atleast one primary source for my history projects sources list,
This video series was a good watch and was well made, i just hope you can help out!
Glad you enjoyed! Unfortunately, I don’t have a link that I can send you as it’s been too long since I made the video. However, I would recommend searching on some Chinese sites like Baidu and searching in Chinese if it’s possible. You should be able to get much better results. Hope I was able to help.
Another great video by you! Keep up the great work my man!
In the movie 800, do you remember the scene where Chinese soldiers strapped themselves up with grenades and basically suicide/ sacrificed themselves by jumping off to blow up the attackers. Do you know if that scene is accurate? If it is, it would be really cool to get a story about them.
Thanks, glad you liked it! Yeah, I contemplated on whether to talk about that scene in this series but decided against it. That scene could potentially be based on a true event but it's quite hard to tell. This event supposedly occurred on October 28th and there was supposedly only one jumper, a soldier called Chen Shusheng (陈树生). This incident was mention by a few veterans many years after the battle. However, if we analyse the event, there are a few things to consider. Most importantly, what was the point of jumping? The same results can be achieved by throwing the grenades. The movie showed Japanese soldiers shielding themselves with metal shields and the soldiers jumped in order to get through the shields. That's one of the many explanations but the 8mm rifle cartridges can easily penetrate that thickness of metal so it's extremely unlikely that the Japanese would try such a thing. Another thing to consider is that Major Yang Ruifu's memoirs, which talked about the battle in detail, made no mention of this event which will be extremely strange if this really happened. However, at the same time, this type of behaviour was often seen during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Units known as dare-to-die corps were sometimes created and employed tactics similar to this. If you look at the Wikipedia article on the Battle of Taierzhuang, there is a photo of one of these soldiers. So in the end, this type of behaviour was definitely seen during the war, but . However, I believe it's very possible that this story is based on a certain degree of truth as there were veterans of the battle who mentioned it years later. However, the details of this incident such as the soldier's reasons for jumping and why the officers never mentioned it will probably remain a mystery. Thanks again, hope my reply isn't too long haha!
@@resistanceremembered Wow thanks for the explanation! Yeah your break down makes a lot of sense. I guess maybe they romanticized the history on that one.
That scene was so bad ass! I teared up watching it haha.
@@alexren2434 No problem, glad I can help! Yeah, that was a pretty emotional scene. It really makes you have a lot of respect for the soldiers that fought in the war. Thanks again!
@@resistanceremembered i visited to this warehouse in shanghai last year. I saw the life size figure that was on display and description of this incident. It does makes one think that these soldiers are willing to exchange his life for a larger number of the enemies' in defense of the country
japan still have not said sorry for their war crimes to china.
Thanks for watching!
Did AA gun deploy in warehouse?
The machine gun company had a number of heavy machine guns (likely the type 24) set up in an anti-aircraft role. These would have come with anti-aircraft sights and an antiaircraft mount, which the soldiers at the warehouse may have had access to. The 20mm AA gun shown in the movie wouldn’t have been available to a standard infantry battalion however and I’ve yet to find any credible sources which suggest they were used in the battle.