ABSTRACT
Annexed by Japan
1910 Changchun
Mukden
Chinchow
Huludao
Port Arthur
Pusan
Chefoo
Tsingtao
Peking Kalgan
Tientsin
Tatung
Taiyuan
Yenan
Shijiazhuang
Jinan
Sian
Xuzhou
Nanking
ShanghaiWuhu
NingpoFenghua
Wenchow
MATSUFuchow
Nanchang Changsha
Changde
Ichang
Chungking
Kweiyang
QUEMOY
AMOY
Swatow
Hong Kong BRITISHMacao
CantonNanning
MANCHURIA (MANCHUKUO)
FORMOSA (TAIWAN)
July 1937 – July 1938
July 1938 – July 1939
July 1939 – December 1941
0 200miles
400kilometres
In 1931, Japanese forces invaded and occupied the Chinese provinces of Jehol and Manchuria (renaming the latter Manchukuo). In 1937, Japan invaded northeast China, occupying large areas, including the capital Peking (Beijing) and Shanghai, and carrying out murderous acts of terror against the Chinese civilian population. In the six weeks after Nanking was entered by the Imperial Japanese Army on 13 December 1937, at least 150,000 Chinese civilians were murdered.
