抗战期间,作为甘肃省会的兰州,有着重要的地理位置,成为日本轰炸的重要目标之一。自1937年“七七事变”至1941年9月,日机空袭甘肃各县市共71次,出动飞机1081架,投弹4090枚,共造成1426人死亡、受伤,其中死七821人(男578人、女243人),受伤605人(男444人、女161人),损毁房屋24,124间。 During the war of resistance against Japan, Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, had an important geographical position and became one of the major targets of the Japanese bombing. Since 1937, the “Incident of July 7” and September 1941, Japanese planes air raided 71 counties and cities in Gansu, dispatched 1,081 planes and fired 4,090 missiles, killing a total of 1,426 people and injuring 7,221 of them 578 males and 243 females), 605 wounded (444 males and 161 females) and damaged 24,124 houses.