Second Sino-Japanese War
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The Second Sino-Japanese War, known in China as the War of Resistance Against Japan, was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan and its puppet states between 1937 and 1945, follo
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces in Battle of Shanghai 1937
Eighth Route Army fighting on Futuyu Great Wall, 1938
US equipped Chinese Army in India marching
Nanking bodies 1937
Nanjing Massacre
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The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was the mass rape and murder, between December 1937 and March 1938, of Chinese civilians, noncombatants, and prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army
Second Sino-Japanese War
…invasion of the rest of China. Following the protracted Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese captured the capital of Nanjing in 1937 and perpetrated the Nanjing Massacre. After failing to stop the Japanese capture of Wuhan in 1938, China's de facto capital at the time, the Nationalist government relocated to Chongqing…
An article on the "Contest to kill 100 people using a sword" published in the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun. The headline reads, "'Incredible Record' (in the Contest to Cut Down 100 People) – Mukai 106–105 Noda – Both 2nd Lieutenants Go into Extra Innings".
A Japanese soldier poses with the severed head of one of his victims
Members of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone, including John Rabe (center) and John Magee (center right)