The Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was a war crime committed by the Japanese Imperial Army against Chinese civilians and soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The atrocities included rape, torture, and murder, and estimates of the death toll range from 40,000 to over 300,000.
The Nanking Massacre was a period of mass murder and war atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers against the residents of Nanjing, then capital of the Republic of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Although there were no orders to rape or to exterminate the enemy, there was a take-no-prisoners policy, and Japanese soldiers began to execute Chinese prisoners of war and unarmed deserters who had surrendered.
The Japanese troops invade Nanking and the Chinese soldiers and civilians face panic and chaos as they try to escape the brutality of the Japanese army. The Japanese soldiers start executing Chinese troops dressed in civilian clothes and begin the infamous violence against the Chinese civilians.