58K views · 455 reactions | On December 13, 1937, Japanese troops captured Nanjing. In the six weeks that followed, a human life was extinguished every 12 seconds. The post-war tribunal concluded that "at least 300,000 Chinese were killed." #TodayInHistory #NanjingMassacre | China Xinhua News | Facebook

Battle of Nanjing 1937

LIVE: China Holds National Memorial Ceremony for Victims of Nanjing Massacre December 13 marks the National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims. During the six-week massacre in 1937 and 1938, Japanese invaders brutally slaughtered about 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers. A ceremony is underway at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing to remember those killed by Japanese aggressors during World War II. In 2014, China's top legi

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