Records of Japanese troops entering Beijing after the July 7th Incident in 1937

This is a group of recorded images of Japanese troops entering Beijing after the July 7th Incident in 1937. The photographer is Joseph· R· Mihalik

Since the outbreak of the Lugouqiao Incident on July 7, 1937, the heroic Chinese army fought hard but still lost, and Beijing fell on July 29

At that time, Josef (Joseph) R. Michalik, who was serving as an American diplomat in China, used the camera to record the scene when the Japanese troops entered Beijing and passed through the Zhengyang Gate in the US military barracks. While some citizens were watching the scene silently, they did not know that the Japanese butcher’s knife and oppression would soon fall on their heads

从1937年7月28日至1946年2月，日本占领北京达八年半之久。就连1945年8月15日，日本宣布无条件投降后，侵占北平的日军和伪军接受美国和蒋介石的命令，“维持维持治安”，拒不向城外的八路军缴械投降，城郊的战斗仍在继续。直至9月至10月间国民党的“接收大员”和美国空运的部队到达，日军才从城内撤至城郊，交出了北平防务。然而直至1946年2月，城内的日军才最后解除武装，随之遣返回国。