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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 troops in the outskirts of Shanghai
Date 21 August 1936 – 9 October 1936 (1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days) Location Shanghai and proximity 59°55′49″N 30°19′09″E Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Gustavus Adolphus † Dodo von Knyphausen Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis	Albrecht von Wallenstein Heinrich Holk 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