It lasted from August 13, 1937, to November 26, 1937, and was arguably the single largest and longest battle of the entire war, [18] with it even regarded by some historians as the first battle of World War II. [19] It resulted in the Japanese capture of the city and heavy destruction to the city.

The full-scale war began on 7 July 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge incident near Beijing, which prompted a full-scale Japanese invasion of the rest of China. The Japanese captured the capital of Nanjing in 1937 and perpetrated the Nanjing Massacre.

1937年7月，日軍相繼攻陷北平、天津，在日軍指令下，冀察政務委員會經濟委員會主席 王克敏 等人在北平成立「中華民國臨時政府」；「冀東防共自治政府」也被併入 [62]。

2025年2月15日 · Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45), conflict that broke out when China began a full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its territory. The war remained undeclared until December 9, 1941, and ended after Allied counterattacks during World War II brought about Japan’s surrender.

2024年7月3日 · The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) was one of the most destructive conflicts of World War II. It began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7, 1937, and ended with Japan's surrender on September 2, 1945. This war marked the culmination of growing Japanese aggression toward China since an earlier Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895).

2017年6月9日 · Liu Cuigang flew his first combat mission of the Second Sino-Japanese War, attacking Japanese warships at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the Shanghai area in eastern China in a Hawk III fighter.

The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937-September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan before and during World War II.

May 28, 1937: Neville Chamberlain becomes Britain's prime minister. June 25, 1937: Neville Chamberlain, in his first speech as Britain's prime minister, inexplicably congratulates Nazi Germany for its supposed military restraint. July 7, 1937: Japanese troops meet resistance in China when they demand access to the town of Wanping, near Peiping.

Marco Polo Bridge Incident, (July 7, 1937), conflict between Chinese and Japanese troops near the Marco Polo Bridge (Chinese: Lugouqiao) outside Beiping (now Beijing), which developed into the warfare between the two countries that was the prelude to the Pacific side of World War II.

中国抗日军事史（1937年-1945年间），中国军民为了反抗日本军国主义对于中国国家主权的侵略以及人民的残害和压迫而进行军事抗争的一段历史。 主要分为两个阶段：第一阶段（1931年-1937年）局部的抗日战争；第二阶段（1937年-1945年）全面的抗日战争。