Permanent historical factsheet

Capture of Nanking

Name: Capture of Nanking – Japan factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Japan · Government / Government of Japan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1938Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1938

Konoe FumimaroDecember 1938

Nanking · Government / Government of Japan

Japan captures Nanking, killing 200,000 civilians

Names involved

Konoe Fumimaro

Provenance

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