The Battle of Nanking was an engagement fought in early December 1937 between the National Revolutionary Army of China and the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War for control of the city of Nanking, the capital of the Republic of China.
Japanese soldiers walking amidst debris on Nanking's Zhongshan Road
Japanese troops marching through Nanking's Zhongshan Road(Date: December 14 1937)
Chinese civilians emerging from a bomb shelter and greeting Japanese soldiers following the end of the battle of Nanking(Date: December 14 1937)
Japanese soldiers searching Chinese troops who had attempted to escape by mingling with Chinese refugees in Nanking
Japanese soldiers entering Nanking with carp which floated up to the surface of a pond following a shell blast
A Japanese soldiers playing the piano in the middle of Nanking's Zhongshan Road
A high-tech anti-aircraft gun abandoned by the Chinese Army in Nanking
A Japanese proclamation put up in Nanking stating that the Japanese Army is fighting only against the warlords and not against the ordinary people of China
Captured war flags of the Chinese Army being displayed by Japanese troops in Nanking
The Japanese flag being put up over Japan's consulate general in Nanking for the first time in half a year(Date: December 14 1937)
Chinese POWs held by Japanese troops(Date: December 16 1937)
A Chinese orphan in Nanking with Japanese soldiers(Date: December 16 1937)
Chinese barber working on a street in Nanking as the city returns to normalcy(Date: December 17 1937)
Japanese soldiers interacting with Chinese civilians on a street corner in Nanking(Date: December 17 1937)
Japanese soldiers shopping in Nanking(Date: December 17 1937)
Japanese soldiers and Chinese children playing with toy tanks in Nanking's Zhongshan Road(Date: December 20 1937)
Chinese children playing in and around a broken coach in a residential district of Nanking(Date: December 20 1937)
Chinese civilians singing hymns in a church in Nanking(Date: December 25 1937)
Japanese aircraft engineer studying a Soviet-built Polikarpov I-16 fighter used by the Chinese Air Force (Date: December 22 1937)
Chinese people sweeping the streets clean following the end of the battle(Date: December 22 1937)
Japanese soldiers preparing for New Years' Day by putting up Japanese pine decorations called kadomatsu in front of Nanking city hall(Date: December 26 1937)
Busy street in the Nanking Safety Zone(Date: December 27 1937)
Soviet embassy burning due to an act of arson by a Chinese citizen(Date: January 1 1938)
Photograph of Tao Xisan, who would become the Chairman of the Nanking Self-Government Committee
Gathering of the Chinese men who will constitute the Nanking Self-Government Committee, with Tao Xisan in the center of the front row(Date: December 23 1937)
Chinese soldiers injured during the Battle of Nanking receiving treatment from Japanese army medics at a field hospital set up inside the building of the Chinese Foreign Ministry(Date: December 20 1937)
Japanese army medics giving free medical care to Chinese refugees(Date: December 20 1937)
Japanese army doctors re-dressing a patient's wound(Date: December 30 1937)
Japanese army medics treating Chinese children for trachoma(Date: December 30 1937)
A nurse cheering up a wounded Japanese soldier
A nurse cutting the hair of wounded Japanese soldier
Inauguration of the Nanking Self-Government Committee(January 1 1938)[edit]
Flag-waving Chinese citizens marching to the inaugural ceremony of the Nanking Self-Government Committee
Flag-waving Chinese citizens marching to the inaugural ceremony of the Nanking Self-Government Committee
Chinese residents of Nanking gathering at the inaugural ceremony of the Nanking Self-Government Committee
Chairman Tao Xisan(right end) at the inaugural ceremony of the Nanking Self-Government Committee with other committee members
Inaugural ceremony of the Nanking Self-Government Committee
Chinese band playing at the inaugural ceremony of the Nanking Self-Government Committee
Address by Chairman Tao Xisan
Tao Xisan proclaiming the inauguration of the Nanking Self-Government Committee