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Aerial photo of the city wall of Nanjing, China, 1930Chinese troops marching into Nanjing, China, late 1937
Aerial photo of the city wall of Nanjing, China, 1930Chinese troops marching into Nanjing, China, late 1937
Japanese troops entering Danyang, Jiangsu Province, China, 3 Dec 1937; Danyang was about 50 kilometers or 30 miles east of the Chinese capital of NanjingJapanese troops with a captured German-built Chinese Army Panzer I tank, possibly near Nanjing, China, 9 Dec 1937
Japanese troops entering Danyang, Jiangsu Province, China, 3 Dec 1937; Danyang was about 50 kilometers or 30 miles east of the Chinese capital of NanjingJapanese troops with a captured German-built Chinese Army Panzer I tank, possibly near Nanjing, China, 9 Dec 1937
Japanese artillery bombarding the Nanjing city wall, China, circa 12 Dec 1937Japanese soldier holding the severed head of a Chinese civilian, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937-Jan 1938
Japanese artillery bombarding the Nanjing city wall, China, circa 12 Dec 1937Japanese soldier holding the severed head of a Chinese civilian, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937-Jan 1938
Japanese troops attacking the Zhonghua Gate of the Nanjing city wall with a field gun, China, 12 Dec 1937Japanese Type 94 tankettes at the moment that the Zhonghua Gate of the Nanjing city wall was breached, Nanjing, China, 12 Dec 1937 at 1210 hours
Japanese troops attacking the Zhonghua Gate of the Nanjing city wall with a field gun, China, 12 Dec 1937Japanese Type 94 tankettes at the moment that the Zhonghua Gate of the Nanjing city wall was breached, Nanjing, China, 12 Dec 1937 at 1210 hours
Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes and infantry attacking a gate of the Nanjing city wall, China, circa 12 Dec 1937Bodies of killed Chinese civilians on a street in Nanjing, China, Dec 1937; note Japnese military censor
Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes and infantry attacking a gate of the Nanjing city wall, China, circa 12 Dec 1937Bodies of killed Chinese civilians on a street in Nanjing, China, Dec 1937; note Japnese military censor's disallow stamp
Captured and partially-disabled Chinese Panzer I Ausf A tanks at the port of Nanjing, China, circa 13 Dec 1937Japanese soldiers crossing a canal or moat near the Nanjing city wall, China, Dec 1937
Captured and partially-disabled Chinese Panzer I Ausf A tanks at the port of Nanjing, China, circa 13 Dec 1937Japanese soldiers crossing a canal or moat near the Nanjing city wall, China, Dec 1937
Japanese soldiers crossing the Qinhuai River near the Nanjing city wall, China, 13 Dec 1937Head of a Chinese man who was decapitated by Japanese placed on a barricade near Nanjing, China, 14 Dec 1937
Japanese soldiers crossing the Qinhuai River near the Nanjing city wall, China, 13 Dec 1937Head of a Chinese man who was decapitated by Japanese placed on a barricade near Nanjing, China, 14 Dec 1937
Japanese troops ordering Chinese civilians out of an air raid shelter, Nanjing, China, 14 Dec 1937Chinese Panzer I Ausf. A light tanks captured by the Japanese, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937
Japanese troops ordering Chinese civilians out of an air raid shelter, Nanjing, China, 14 Dec 1937Chinese Panzer I Ausf. A light tanks captured by the Japanese, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937
Chinese refugees, Nanjing, 15 Dec 1937Japanese soldier dining among Chinese civilians, Nanjing, China, 15 Dec 1937
Chinese refugees, Nanjing, 15 Dec 1937Japanese soldier dining among Chinese civilians, Nanjing, China, 15 Dec 1937
Japanese troops posing with a captured Chinese Panzer I Ausf A tank, Nanjing, mid-Dec 1937Chinese 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 posing with a captured Chinese Panzer I Ausf A tank, Nanjing, mid-Dec 1937Chinese 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

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