25 Jul 1937
China
China
- Japanese 20th Division clashed with Chinese troops at the city of Langfang, China, major rail junction between Beiping and Tianjin. This was the first major battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War. ww2dbase [Lugou Bridge Incident and Second Battle of Hebei | Langfang, Hebei | CPC]
- Light carrier Hosho's aircraft shot down a Chinese B-10 bobmer near Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Hosho | Shanghai | CPC]
- Destroyer Squadron 29 of US Asiatic Fleet departed Yantai, Shandong Province, China and made rendezvous with USS Augusta at sea. ww2dbase [Augusta | Yantai, Shandong | CPC]

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