The Nanjing Massacre, also called Rape of Nanjing (December 1937–January 1938), was the mass killing and rape of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army after its seizure of Nanjing, China, on December 13, 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, which overlapped with and later became part of World War II. The atrocities continued for about six weeks, during which more than a third of Nanjing’s buildings were destroyed. The massacre became one of the most infamous atrocities of World War II in Asia and continues to shape relations between China and Japan.
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