The Eight Hundred — China
The 2020 Chinese epic depicts the defence of Sihang Warehouse — 452 Chinese soldiers holding an isolated building in Shanghai against Japanese forces for four days as foreigners watch from across the creek.
The Battle of Sihang Warehouse took place from 26-31 October 1937 during the Battle of Shanghai. The 88th Division's 1st Battalion, approximately 452 men, held the warehouse adjacent to the International Settlement while watched by thousands of foreign civilians across Suzhou Creek. The defence was deliberately prolonged for propaganda value — to demonstrate Chinese resistance to a watching world. The warehouse still stands in Shanghai.