Foreigners Nanking Timeline

By Nanking1937

  • CHIANG [LEADER OF KUOMINTANG] RESIGNS NANKING

    CHIANG [LEADER OF KUOMINTANG] RESIGNS NANKING

  • JAPANESE TAKE ALL TOWNS ON MANCHURIA RAILROAD;...

    JAPANESE TAKE ALL TOWNS ON MANCHURIA RAILROAD;...

  • MARCO POLO BRIDGE [INCIDENT]

    MARCO POLO BRIDGE [INCIDENT]
    "Marco Polo Bridge Incident, (July 7, 1937), conflict between Chinese and Japanese troops near the Marco Polo Bridge (Chinese: Lugouqiao) outside Beiping (now Beijing), which developed into the warfare between the two countries that was the prelude to the Pacific side of World War II." -- Encyclopedia Britannica

  • ...FIERCE SHANGHAI BATTLE [BEGINS]

    ...FIERCE SHANGHAI BATTLE [BEGINS]

  • Nanking Safety Zone forms

    Nanking Safety Zone forms

  • JAPANESE REACH NANKING

    JAPANESE REACH NANKING

  • NANKING CONQUERED

    NANKING CONQUERED
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    Nanking Massacre

    "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 Dec. 13, 1937, during the Sino-Japanese War that preceded World War II."-- Encyclopedia Britannica
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    WW2

    "World War II, also called Second World War, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China." -- Encyclopedia Britannica

  • PEARL HARBOR BOMBED

    PEARL HARBOR BOMBED

  • TOKYO WAR TRIALS BEGIN

    TOKYO WAR TRIALS BEGIN
    "14th May 1946: Accused Japanese war criminals standing in the prisoners' box before the International Bar of Justice at the International War Crimes Tribunal in Tokyo. " --Britannica Image Quest.
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    Tokyo War Crimes Trials

    "Twenty-two persons were charged at Nürnberg and 25 at the Tokyo tribunal, but many more were tried by tribunals established by Allied governments in territory they occupied at the conclusion of World War II. The tribunals had a profound effect on the development of international law as it is concerned with the responsibility of both states and individuals for conduct leading to and during war. " -- Encyclopedia Britannica