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Nanjing in World War II

  • Battle of NankingIn July 1937, a skirmish at Marco Polo Bridge ignited the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japan dispatched the Shanghai Expeditionary Army under General Iwane…
  • USS Panay incidentThe Yangtze River flowed past Nanjing in the early weeks of December 1937, carrying a heavy burden of war. Japanese forces had invaded China during the…