Monument to the Blockade Expedition - Lushunkou, China

Monument to the Blockade Expedition built by the Japanese at Ryojun (present-day Lushunkou, People's Republic of China formerly Port Arthur) - the major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Kwantung Leased Territory before and during Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Date: circa 1930s

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1937/12/31 00:00:00

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Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection / Kyodo News Images

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Copyright (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2008

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