The Changjiao massacre () was a
massacre
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...
of
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
civilians
Civilians under international humanitarian law are "persons who are not members of the armed forces" and they are not "combatants if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war". It is slightly different from a non-combatant, b ...
by the
China Expeditionary Army
The was a general army of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1939 to 1945.
The China Expeditionary Army was established in September 1939 from the merger of the Central China Expeditionary Army and Japanese Northern China Area Army, and was headqu ...
in
Changjiao
Changjiao Town () is an urban town in and subdivision of Nan County, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China.
Administrative division
The town is divided into 18 villages and 1 community
A community is a social unit (a group of living thi ...
,
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
. Gen.
Shunroku Hata
was a field marshal ('' gensui'') in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the last surviving Japanese military officer with a marshal's rank. Hata was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1948, but was ...
was the commander of the Japanese forces. For four days, from May 9-12, 1943, more than 30,000 civilians were killed.
See also
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List of massacres in China
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in China. The massacres are grouped for different time periods.
Imperial China (before 1912)
Republic of China (since 1912)
1912–1937
1937–1945 (Sino-Japanese War)
1945 ...
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Japanese war crimes
The Empire of Japan committed war crimes in many Asian-Pacific countries during the period of Japanese militarism, Japanese imperialism, primarily during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Second Sino-Japanese and Pacific Wars. These incidents have b ...
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Nanking massacre
The Nanjing Massacre (, ja, 南京大虐殺, Nankin Daigyakusatsu) or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as ''Nanking'') was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the Ba ...
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Battle of West Hubei
The Battle of West Hubei (), was one of 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was also one of four major battles that took place in Hubei.
It resulted i ...
References
External links
Kangzhan.org article on the Rape of Nanking
* ttp://politics.people.com.cn/GB/8198/46867/46885/3373789.html People.com article (in Simplied Chinese) 骇人听闻的厂窖惨案
Massacres committed by Japan
Massacres in China
Second Sino-Japanese War crimes
World War II massacres
History of Hunan
May 1943 events
1943 murders in China
Massacres in 1943
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