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In 1941, China and Japan had been in
undeclared war for four years.
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A Japanese army of occupation
controlled much of the countryside...
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...and many towns and cities.
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In Shanghai, thousands of Westerners...
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...protected by diplomatic
security...
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...lived as they had since the British
came in the 19th century...
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...building in the image of
their own country.
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Banking houses, hotels, offices,
churches, homes...
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...that could be from Liverpool
or Surrey.
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Their time was running out.
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Outside Shanghai, the Japanese dug in
and waited...
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...for Pearl Harbor.