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1949年4月下旬国民党军长江防线被突破后，京沪杭警备总部所属部队的残余势力退据上海，连同原淞沪警备司令部所辖部队成为国民党防守上海的基本军力。守军以水泥地堡为核心，构筑起地面防御体系；市内高大建筑物多而坚固，人口和经济活动密集；不便于大兵团机动作业。还在渡江战役过程中，中共中央军委向总前委、华东局、第三野战军发出一系列指示，要求抓紧完成占领上海的准备工作，既要歼灭守军，又要完整地接管上海，既要为后来的...
Once again I think Mom left me a cryptic message. Since her death in late March, Iâve been working hard to organize the fifty years of paperwork that chronicles Momâs life work as a community volunteer, preservationist, historian and docent. I have spent hours sorting through Momâs decades of paperwork, stacking, and refilling, sometime even shredding the nits and bits from the overflowing files and boxes. Last week I was organizing her office supplies, stacking new legal pads, crisp manila envelopes, and fresh file folders in boxes, when I came across a well-worn folder. It se...