Battle of Nanking

When

1 Dec 1937 – 13 Dec 1937

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

32.01° N, 118.78° E

Description

1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

The Battle of Nanking was fought in early December 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Nanjing begins”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l’armée japonaise entre dans Nankin, capitale de la Chine nationaliste”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “南京保卫战中，川军团二千余人在南京东南部青龙山地区全部失踪。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Sino-Japanese War7 Jul 1937 · Interstate war · Deaths 20,000,000