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Coordinates: 59°55′49″N 30°19′09″E / 59.930248°N 30.319061°E / 59.930248; 30.319061
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Following the events of 17th August 1936, the so-called Night of the Monkey's Head, the Empire of Japan officially declared war on the new government of the Legation Cities at around 2' o'clock in the afternoon.

21st August - fall of Tianjin

Siege of Shanghai
Part of the Legation Cities Crisis
Japanese soldiers take shelter behind debris at the outskirts of Shanghai.
Japanese troops in the outskirts of Shanghai
Date21 August 1936 – 9 October 1936 (1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Location
Shanghai and proximity
59°55′49″N 30°19′09″E / 59.930248°N 30.319061°E / 59.930248; 30.319061
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Japan Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders

Sweden Gustavus Adolphus 

Electorate of Saxony Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar

Sweden Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis

Holy Roman Empire Albrecht von Wallenstein

Holy Roman Empire Count Gottfried zu Pappenheim (DOW)
Strength
12,800 infantry
6,200 cavalry
60 guns
10,000 infantry
7,000 cavalry, plus 3,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry on arrival
24 guns
Casualties and losses
3,400 dead and 1,600 wounded or missing Probably about the same as Swedish casualties[1]