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In 1941, China and Japan had been inundeclared war for four years.
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A Japanese army of occupationcontrolled 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 diplomaticsecurity...
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...lived as they had since the Britishcame in the 19th century...
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...building in the image oftheir own country.
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Banking houses, hotels, offices,churches, homes...
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...that could be from Liverpoolor Surrey.
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Their time was running out.
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Outside Shanghai, the Japanese dug inand waited...
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...for Pearl Harbor.
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