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1939 Chungking in flames after bombardment by Japanese that killed 16,000
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0:42Now PlayingDate: 24th August 1939
Location: China
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Attack On China War Capital
CHINA: Sichuan Province: Chungking:
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Chungking is left in ruins after concentrated air raids by Japanese leaving 16,000 dead and one million refugees including day and night fires, devastation on the ground, burned buildings and survivors on the street
CHINA Chungking on fire after bombardment by Japanese
Sino-Japanese War; China; Military - Active; Air Raids and War Damage
World War II, WWII, Second World War, World War 2, war, Chongqing, Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service, air raid, bomb, bombs, incindiaries, fire, fires, blaze, blazing, burn, burning, terror bombing, firebombing
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