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The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as Nanking) was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the Battle of Nanking and the retreat of the National Revolutionary Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, by the Imperial Japanese Army.
May 7, 2023 · From December 1937 to January 1938, Japanese soldiers unleashed a horrific massacre in Nanking, China, raping up to 80,000 civilians and murdering at least 200,000. It's one of modern history's most horrific atrocities, and its deniers cannot explain away photos like these.
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about the brutal 1937 attack by Japanese troops on the Chinese city of Nanjing, also known as Nanking, that killed hundreds of thousands of people and raped tens of thousands of women. Explore the historical context, the sources, the memorial and the disputes over the Nanjing Massacre.
Nanjing, with a total land area of 6,598 km 2 (2,548 sq mi), is situated in the heartland of the drainage area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and in the Yangtze River Delta, one of the largest economic zones of China.
Jul 11, 2024 · Nanjing Massacre, mass killing and ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army after its seizure of Nanjing, China, in December 1937 during the Sino-Japanese War that preceded World War II. Casualty estimates for the massacre range from 100,000 to more than 300,000.
Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Imperial Army marched from Shanghai to the Chinese capital city of Nanjing (Nanking), and though a large number of Chinese POWs and civilians were slaughtered by the Japanese following their entrance into Nanjing on December 13, 1937, the precise number remains unknown. Since ...
Dec 13, 2021 · BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday marked the 84th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, in which hundreds of thousands of civilians and disarmed soldiers were killed by Japanese troops in and around the former Chinese capital.
