Nanjing Massacre, conventional Nanking Massacre, also called Rape of Nanjing, (December 1937–January 1938), mass killing and ravaging 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 Sino-Japanese War that preceded World War II. The number of Chinese killed in the massacre has been subject to much debate, with most estimates ranging from 100,000 to more than 300,000. The destruction of Nanjing which had been the capital of the Nationalist Chinese from 1928 to 1937 was ordered by Matsui Iwane, commanding general of the Japanese Central China
The controversy over a teacher at a vocational college in Shanghai, who said in class that casualty figures in the notorious Nanjing Massacre are not supported by real data, has continued since she was fired, with some netizens reposting the full video and trying to defend her. However, more netizens and experts have produced historical materials that show the teacher was wrong.
Nanjing Massacre, mass killing and ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army after its seizure of Nanjing, China, in December 1937 during the Sino-Japanese War that preceded World War II. Casualty estimates for the massacre range from 100,000 to more than 300,000.