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Posters on the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45 at the Asian Division, Library of Congress

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Yuwu Song, Reference Specialist, Asian Division.) Constituting one of the most destructive conflicts of World War II, the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) started with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7, 1937, and ended with the surrender of Japan in August 1945. This war marked the culmination of the …