The Nanking Massacre, 1937
This article gives a detailed explanation of the Sino War and the events of December 1937.
Timeline
November 11: Shanghai has fallen. Japanese troops begin marching to Nanking.
Early December: About half of Nanking's 1-million-strong population flees the city.
December 9: Japanese Army launches attack.
December 12: Chinese Army retreats.
December 13: Japanese Army enters the city and soldiers begin to murder, mutilate, and rape civilians.
About 12,000 die within the first three days; over the next six weeks, the toll rises to an estimated 200,000.
Eyewitnesses
John Magee
Bystander
Victim (4:29)
Today
Nanking Massacre Memorial Museum
Links
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
A Japanese Manga about the massacre (and the political fallout)