published on: 13/12/2021
        
                  Author: 
Sonic
                 
                 
        
This day in 1937, forces of the Empire of Japan captured the city of Nanjing, China.
Following the capture of the city Japanese soldiers massacred some 300,000 Chinese prisoners of war, civilians, and committed acts of looting and rape, known as the Nanjing Massacre.
 
