Nanjing Massacre
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II)
The bodies of massacred Chinese beside the Qinhuai River with a Japanese soldier nearby
Date December 1937 – January 1938 Location Nanjing, China Result 40,000–300,000 dead (say historians) 300,000 dead (says the Chinese government) 20,000 rapedp.1012

The Nanjing Massacre was a massacre (an unjust killing of many people) that happened in Nanjing, China, in December of 1937 and January of 1938. It was part of the Second Sino-Japanese War, which was the part of World War II between China and Japan. At the time, Japan was trying to take over China and Nanjing was the Chinese capital. The Japanese Army reached Nanjing on 13 December 1937 and began killing and raping thousands upon thousands of people.