All battles
December 1937 – January 1938
The Battle and Massacre of Nanjing
China · Second Sino-Japanese War · Nanjing, Republic of China
Historical overview
After the fall of Shanghai, Japanese forces advanced up the Yangtze and captured the Chinese capital, following it with weeks of mass killing and rape of civilians and disarmed soldiers.
What happened
Chinese defences collapsed on 12–13 December 1937. A small group of Western residents established the Nanjing Safety Zone, which sheltered a substantial part of the remaining civilian population. Estimates of the dead vary widely between Chinese, Japanese and Western scholarship.
Historical event
The Battle and Massacre of Nanjing
Battle / campaign
Second Sino-Japanese War
Productions
7 titles
Perspectives
Civilian · Multiple perspectives · Resistance
