5 Feb 1932
  • British firm Vickers and Soviet organization All-Russian Co-operative Society (ARCOS) entered into an agreement for the Soviet military's purchase of eight British Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tanks. ww2dbase [T-37A | CPC]
China
  • Light carrier Hosho launched aircraft to attack Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Hosho | Shanghai | CPC]
  • Two Japanese bombers and three carrier-borne (Hosho) biplane fighters engaged in dogfights with Chinese Air Force fighters over Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [First Battle of Shanghai | Shanghai | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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