Mass meeting to celebrate the end of a Japanese offensive, 2nd Sub-district, Qian Tan, Jinchaji (land mines set off in lieu of fireworks, on the hill), 1 January 1944
Collection
Identifier
ML03-d103
Copyright
© Lindsay Family
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML03-d103. This photograph was reproduced in ‘The Unknown War, North China 1937-1945' by Michael Lindsay (London, 1975), with the caption: Mass meeting to celebrate end of Japanese offensive, 2nd. Sub-district. Land mines as fireworks on opposite hillside. See ML03-d082 and ML03-d119 (same place).
Caption on photograph
After 3 month-long Japanese offensive in 1943, 2nd sub-district invited the Lindsays to stay there and recover their strength before returning to headquarters. Here the sub-district celebrates the end of the offensive by setting off land mines on the opposite hillside, in lieu of fireworks
Location
Date
Saturday 1 January 1944
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
