Changjiao massacre

When

8 May 1943 – 12 May 1943

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

30,000

Coordinates

29.16° N, 112.25° E

Description

Episode of mass murder by Japanese troops

1943 massacre of Chinese people by Japan

The Changjiao massacre was a massacre of Chinese civilians by the China Expeditionary Army, a general army of the Imperial Japanese Army, in Changjiao, Hunan during the early stage of the Battle of West Hubei. Gen. Shunroku Hata was the commander of the Japanese forces. Over a period of four days, from May 9 to May 12, 1943, Hata's troops killed more than 25,000 civilians and 5,000 Chinese soldiers.

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