The photo shows the huge fire in Shanghai meropolitan area after the bombing by the Japanese Air Force.



On August 23,1937,the Japanese troops conducted the mass murder of innocent people in Shanghai.This photo was sealed with the words "Not Permitted" by the Japanese News Censorship Bureau, meaning it was forbidden for publication.

Innocent Chinese civilians,whose homes had been destroyed by the Japanese Invading Army,were force to make an exodus.The picture shows the refugees on the Shanghai - Nanjing Railway Tracks.---From A Faithful Record of Atrocity of Japanese Troops