WW2 · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Nanjing Massacre (1937)
On the WW2 map as “Nanjing”
Dec 1937 — The Chinese capital falls; Japanese troops massacre a huge number of civilians and prisoners. One of the war’s great atrocities.
- When
- Type
- Site of memory
- Chapter
- Japanese expansion and Pearl Harbor (chapter 7 of WW2)
- Atlas
- The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945
- Also in
- Road to WW2 · Chinese Revolution
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