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 | | It was three geo-political bodies in one, the International Settlement, The French Concession, and the Chinese municipality of Greater Shanghai. |
 | | This occurred in 1927 when the Nationalist Army was winding up the "Northern Expedition", in 1932, when the Japanese Navy attacked the Chinese city, and in 1937, when the Japanese started what is known as the Sino-Japanese war, but which was in reality the beginning of World War II in that region. |
 | | Chinese medals warrant their own checklist and it well beyond my competence. |
| www.columbia.edu /~mckeever/shanghaimedals/hist_bg.html (596 words) |
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