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Chinese Panzer I Ausf. A light tanks captured by the Japanese, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937	Chinese refugees, Nanjing, 15 Dec 1937

Japanese soldier dining among Chinese civilians, Nanjing, China, 15 Dec 1937	Japanese soldiers saluting a fallen comrade, Nanjing, China, mid-Dec 1937

Japanese troops posing with a captured Chinese Panzer I Ausf A tank, Nanjing, mid-Dec 1937	Chinese women begging Japanese troops to spare the lives of their husbands and sons who were being rounded up on Shanghai Road, Nanjing, China, 16 Dec 1937

Japanese troops rounding up Chinese, Nanjing, China, 16 Dec 1937	Japanese Army film crew in Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937

Japanese General Iwane Matsui marching into Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937, photo 1 of 2	Japanese General Iwane Matsui marching into Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937, photo 1 of 3

Japanese General Iwane Matsui marching into Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937, photo 2 of 3	Japanese officers with Chinese civilians, Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937, photo 1 of 3

Japanese officers with Chinese civilians, Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937, photo 2 of 3	Japanese officers with Chinese civilians, Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937, photo 3 of 3

Japanese soldiers in Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937	Japanese soldiers purchasing items from Chinese vendors, Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937; the Chinese claimed this to be a staged photo for propaganda

Japanese troops escorting 450 captured Nanjing policemen, China, 17 Dec 1937; most of them would be executed en masse later that day outside the West Gate of the city wall	Japanese troops parading in Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937

General Iwane Matsui dedicating a sacred tree at a memorial for fallen Japanese soldiers in Nanjing, China, 18 Dec 1937	General Iwane Matsui speaking at a memorial for fallen Japanese soldiers at Minggugong Airfield, Nanjing, China, 18 Dec 1937