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

Nov 28, 2025 · Nanking (Nanjing), the Nationalist capital, fell in mid-December 1937, and the liquidation of that city and its inhabitants became known as the Nanjing Massacre.

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 …

2 days ago · The Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, occurred in the city of Nanking, then the capital of the Republic of China, between December 1937 and January …

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. …

1 day ago · China has often spoken about Japan’s military action and “mass killings” during World War 2, adding that “over 300,000 were murdered in the Nanjing massacre that began on …

Despite photographic and independent eyewitness evidence, the Japanese government still refuses to acknowledge or permit Japanese schoolchildren to be told the full story of the …

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 …

The Nanjing Massacre, commonly known as " The Rape of Nanking," was an infamous war crime committed by the Japanese military in and around the then capital of China, Nanjing, after it …

The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst atrocity during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war.