Battle of Nanking

The Battle of Nanking was fought in early December 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China.

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Battle of Nanjing
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1937 Battle of Nanking

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1853 Battle of Nanjing

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1856 Battle of Jiangnan

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1860 Battle of Jiangnan (1860)

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1864 Third Battle of Nanking

1937-08-15T00:00:00Z

1937-12-13T00:00:00Z

1937 Bombing of Nanjing

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Hanjian poster in Nanking

Nanking Massacre victims

News crew members of the Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun in Nanking

Zhongshan Gate of the Nanjng City (Murase Moriyasa's photo)

USS Panay sinking after Japanese air attack

Japanese Type 94 tankettes and soldiers attack a gate on the Nanjing city wall

Japanese soldiers cross a canal/moat beneath the Nanjing wall

19371215nanking citizens

Hymns in Nanking

谢彩轩

• The Real Truth About the Battle of Nanking - , 2007

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1940	Wang Jingwei regime		Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Nanking	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1853	Battle of Nanjing	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1856	Battle of Jiangnan	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1860	Battle of Jiangnan (1860)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Third Battle of Nanking	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1937	Bombing of Nanjing	aerial bombing of a city, transoceanic bombing	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1937	Battle of Nanking	battle	Wikidata
site	museum		Nanjing Civil Resistance against Japan Museum	Second Sino-Japanese War memorial, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders	cultural heritage, Second Sino-Japanese War memorial, military museum	Wikidata
site	tower		Yuejiang Lou	keep	Wikidata
commons	image		Hanjian poster in Nanking		Commons
commons	image		Nanking Massacre victims		Commons
commons	image		News crew members of the Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun in Nanking		Commons
commons	image		Zhongshan Gate of the Nanjng City (Murase Moriyasa's photo)		Commons
commons	image		USS Panay sinking after Japanese air attack		Commons
commons	image		Japanese Type 94 tankettes and soldiers attack a gate on the Nanjing city wall		Commons
commons	image		Japanese soldiers cross a canal/moat beneath the Nanjing wall		Commons
commons	image		19371215nanking citizens		Commons
commons	image		Hymns in Nanking		Commons
commons	image		谢彩轩		Commons