Nanjing Massacre

When

13 Dec 1937 – 2 Feb 1938

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

300,000

Coordinates

32.04° N, 118.74° E

Description

1937 mass murder by the Japanese army

1937–1938 mass murder in China

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 in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China. It took place immediately after the Battle of Nanjing and retreat of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nanking Massacre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “13. Dezember (bis 7. Februar 1938): Japanische Besatzer begehen das „Massaker von Nanking“”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в ходе японо-китайской войны войска Японии начали «Нанкинскую резню», которая длилась 6 недель и в результате которой было убито, по разным оценкам”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Nankín (China), durante seis semanas el ejército japonés saquea la ciudad, causando 200 000 muertes a la población civil (Masacre de Nankín)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “日本军攻克中國國民政府首都南京，发生南京大屠杀，杀害约30万平民。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page