Nanjing Massacre

+The Nanjing Massacre was a brutal six-week period of mass murder and rape committed by [Japanese](/wiki/japan) troops against the residents of Nanjing, then capital of [China](/wiki/china). This horrific event, occurring in late 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War, is a dark chapter of [World War II](/wiki/world_war_ii) and a symbol of wartime atrocities.

+## See also

+- [War Crimes](/wiki/war_crimes)

+- [Genocide](/wiki/genocide)

+- [Atrocities](/wiki/atrocities)