The Nanjing Massacre[c] or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as Nanking[d]) was the mass rape and murder of Chinese civilians, noncombatants, and prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese …

Nov 9, 2009 · In late 1937, over a period of six weeks, Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people—including both soldiers and civilians—in the Chinese city of …

Jan 23, 2026 · How John Rabe saved lives during the Nanjing Massacre Learn about German businessman John Rabe and his efforts to protect residents of Nanjing (Nanking), China, after the …

Feb 17, 2024 · Chiang Kai-shek and his government knew that as soon as Japan entered Manchuria, they would go for the capital of the Republic of China in Nanjing. After the Battle of Shanghai, the …

Aug 4, 2025 · In December 1937, Imperial Japanese forces captured the Chinese city of Nanking, unleashing an orgy of violence now known as the Nanking Massacre or Rape of Nanking. Over six …

The fighting moved to the south in August when the Japanese attacked Shanghai and pursued the retreating Chinese army up the Yangtze valley to the national capital at Nanking. The Japanese …

In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city.

From December 1937 to March 1938, Japanese terrorized the people of Nanjing. POWs and men suspected of being Chinese soldiers in civilian clothes were marched by Japanese soldiers to …

The Rape of Nanking, or Nanking Massacre, was a six-week period of mass violence by Japanese forces against residents of Nanking, China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937-1938.

In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China’s capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of the 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. After just four days …