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World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
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Chongqing
Municipality in southwestern China
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Asphyxia
Severely deficient supply of oxygen
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Bombing of Chongqing
1938–1944 Japanese air raids against Chongqing, China
The bombing of Chongqing, from 18 February 1938 to 19 December 1944, was a series of massive terror bombing operations authorized by the Empire of Japan's Imperial General Headquarters and conducted by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAF) and Imperial Japanese Navy Air…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)