Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradahan-- Bishii Oktoobar, ciidamadii ugu fiicnaa ee Chiang Kai-shek ayaa lagaga adkaaday Shanghai. dhamaadkii sanadka, caasimada Shiinaha ee Nanjing ayaa sidoo kale la qabsaday. Isticmaalka xeeladaha dhulka gubanaya ee arxan darada ah ee labada dhinacba, Shiinuhu sida daadka webiga Yellow River ee 1938
kadibna waxaa la soo gabagabeeyay siyaasadii sadexda wadan ee Japan " Dila dhamaantiin, guba dhamaantiin, booba dhamaantiin", oo la soo gabagabeeyay 1940, waxay galaafatay malaayiin nolosha. Qaranimada Shiinaha waxay u adeegsadeen xeelado dagaal oo shacab oo aad u fara badan, taasoo daal iyo niyad jab ku riday ciidamada Japan. Dad badan oo shiineys ah ayaa la dilay iyagoo looga shakiyay in ay mucaaradka yihiin. Danbiyadii dagaal ee Japan ka geysatay Nanking iyo goobo kale oo ku yaalla Shiinaha iyo Manchukuo si fiican ayaa loo diiwaangeliyey.