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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 · These tragic photos and stories capture the horrors of the Nanking Massacre — a.k.a. the Rape of Nanking — committed by Japanese soldiers against Chinese civilians.
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about the brutal six-week massacre of hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and soldiers by Japanese troops in 1937. Explore the history, sources and legacy of the Rape of Nanjing, a controversial episode in World War II.
Jul 11, 2024 · Nanjing Massacre, (December 1937–January 1938), mass killing and ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army after its seizure of Nanjing, China, on December 13, 1937, during the Sino-Japanese War that preceded World War II.
Apr 11, 2005 · Japanese troops captured the Chinese city of Nanjing and embarked on a campaign of murder, rape and looting. Thousands of bodies were buried in ditches. Based on estimates made by historians and...
The Nanjing Massacre, commonly known as " The Rape of Nanking ," was an infamous war crime committed by the Japanese military in and around the then capital of China, Nanjing, after it fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on December 13, 1937 (at the time, Nanjing was known in English as Nanking).
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.
