1937年7月7日之前，日本在天津設(shè)立租界，在海光寺建立兵營(yíng)，作為侵略華北乃至中國(guó)的橋頭堡。七七事變后的第五天，日軍向天津大量增兵，并開始攻占天津。
日本侵略軍動(dòng)用飛機(jī)、大炮，對(duì)市區(qū)的火車站、市政府、警察局、造幣廠、法院、電臺(tái)等等，進(jìn)行狂轟亂炸。津門上空煙云蔽日，海河兩岸尸骨累累。據(jù)不完全統(tǒng)計(jì)，七七事變后20多天，被毀房屋2545間，中小學(xué)校的3座樓房和377間校舍被日軍強(qiáng)占，受損企業(yè)53家、2000多萬元，無家可歸者10萬多人。
日本侵略軍用飛機(jī)、大炮轟擊南開大學(xué)，南開大學(xué)的圖書館、教授宿舍、課堂大廈被焚毀。
1937年7月30日天津淪陷后，日本侵略者在市內(nèi)和郊縣實(shí)行燒、殺、搶 “三光政策” ,制造了很多慘案。在東站堅(jiān)持抗占的46位鐵路職工，慘遭日軍殺害。8月5日，日軍攻占靜?？h府君廟村后，37人死在日軍刺刀之下。8月8日，日軍沖入靜海縣五美城村，不足40戶的小村，有43人慘遭殺害。10月25日，日軍突然包圍了崔黃口鎮(zhèn)，128名群眾被槍殺。
截至1938年1月15日以前的兩個(gè)月內(nèi)，日軍在東沽殺害我同胞3000多人。1938年5月7日，日軍在靜?？h王口鎮(zhèn)，將108名村民，屠殺在鎮(zhèn)西大坑和鎮(zhèn)北官道上。8月25日，日軍到上倉一帶掃蕩，374人被屠殺，鮮血染紅了河水。
1941年1月16日，日偽軍到薊縣盤山花峪村掃蕩，將全村民房全部燒毀； 未跑脫的48名村民全部被殺害。
6月14日，駐馬蘭峪的日軍包圍了薊縣抗日堡壘村東水廠，逼迫村民交出八路軍傷員和所藏軍火，2人被殺害，并架起機(jī)槍，企圖把全村人殺光。
聯(lián)合村是革命據(jù)點(diǎn)。7年間日偽軍在這里燒殺多次，有73人被害。
1942年9月24日，日偽軍到薊縣吳家洼村清鄉(xiāng)，把該村辦事員張文一家6口，推進(jìn)土坑活埋。
1944年11月22日，日偽軍到寶坻縣四里港村和趙家鋪村清剿，將12名村民用刺刀挑死。
日本侵略者還在中國(guó)大量抓捕勞工，分批裝船運(yùn)往日本充當(dāng)苦役。七七事變至1942年7月，天津被抓勞工5萬人； 1942年7月一個(gè)月，從天津運(yùn)往日本各地勞工70萬人。
日軍并殘酷地殺害愛國(guó)知識(shí)分子。耀華中學(xué)校長(zhǎng)、愛國(guó)教育家趙君達(dá)，不愿當(dāng)亡國(guó)奴，1938年6月27日，在去學(xué)校的途中，被日本特務(wù)槍殺，時(shí)年52歲。
日本侵略者對(duì)天津人民犯下的罪行，馨竹難書！ 歷史決不會(huì)忘記！

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Before July 7th,1937,the Japanese settlement wasalready established in Tianjin and barracks were alsoset up at Hai Guangsi,both of which served as thebridgeheads to invade north China and even the wholecountry. Five days after the July 7 incident of 1937,Japanese reinforced its troop and attacked Tianjin.
Japanese invaders destructively bombed the railwaystation,municipality,and police station,mint,courtand broadcasting station. Mist and clouds hang overthe city; corpses were littered on both banks of HaiRiver. According to incomplete statistics,during the20 days after the July 7 incident of 1937,2545 houseswere demolished; 3 teaching buildings and 377 dormsin primary schools and high schools were occupied byJapanese army,and 53 enterprises suffered destructionand the heavy losses that totaled over 20million yuan;100,000 people were left homeless.
Nankai University was also bombed by Japaneseinvaders,where the library,professor dorms and classbuildings were burned down.
On July 30th,1937,after the Japanese occupationof Tianjin,the invaders pursued the policy of "burn all,kill all,and loot all" in the city downtown and the county.At Dong Railway Station,46 platelayers who insistedon fighting were killed. On August 5th,the invadersoccupied Fu Junmiao village in Jing Hai County andkilled 37 people. On August 8th,Wu Meicheng village,Jing Hai County,was attacked by Japanese army. In thisvillage where less than 40 households lived,43 peoplewere murdered. On October 25th,the enemy surroundedCui Huangkou County and killed 128 villagers.
It was estimated that by the end of January 15th,1938,the Japanese army had killed over 3000 Chinesein Dong Gu within 2 months. On May 7th,the invadersslaughtered 108 villagers in Wang Kou village,Jing HaiCounty. And on August 25th,Japanese army mopped upat Shang Cang where 374 people were murdered.
On January 16th,1941,puppet army of Japanesemopped up Hua Yu village,Pan Mt.,Ji County. All thehouses burned down,and 48 villagers unable to escapewere slaughtered.
On June 14th,the enemy stationed at Ma LanyuMt. surrounded Dong Shuichang,a village of anti-Japanese war settlement in Ji county,forced the villagersto surrender the wounded soldiers of Eight Route Armyand to hand over the weapons. The Japanese army evenmounted machine guns to slaughter villagers. The Unitedvillage,a revolutionary base,was repeatedly invaded byJapanese army in 7 years during which 73 were killed.
On September 24th,1942,at Qing village,WuJiawa town,Ji County,the puppet army of Japaneseburied Zhang Wen,the village clerk,alive,together withhis 5 family members.
On November 22nd,1944,puppet army ofJapanese,cleaned-out at Si Ligang village and ZhaoJiapu village in Bao Di County,and murdered 12 peoplewith bayonets.
The invaders also caught lot of Chinese andshipped towards Japan for hard labors. From the July7 incident of 1937 to July,1942,over 50,000 Chinesewere captured in Tianjin. In 1942,700,000 people wereshipped to Japan for hard labors in July alone.
Moreover,Japanese murdered patriotic intellectuals,like Zhao Junda,a patriotic educator,also the headmasterof Yao Hua High School,and he was shot dead at the ageof 52 by Japanese spy on his way to school on June 27th,1938.
What the Japanese invaders committed haveinscribed both in the heart of Chinese people and thehistory.