On August 28, 1937, Japanese planes bombed the southern railway station of Shanghai, killing more than 200 people on the spot and wounding countless others. Picture shows a famous photo of a wounded baby crying at the scene. (Source: China Internet Information Center)

 At noon on December 12, 1937, Japanese troops pushed into Nanjing after using explosives.

A Japanese soldier about to bring his saber down on a Nanjing youth. (Source: China Internet Information Center)

Japanese soldiers used Chinese people as live targets. Shown is one example of their atrocities. According to the stamp on this photo taken by one of the butchers, it was forbidden to show this picture by Japanese authority. (Source: China Internet Information Center)

During the massacre, Japanese troops competed in killing people. Shown are two slaughterers Noda Iwao (right), who killed 105 people, and Toshiaki Mukai who killed 106. (Source: China Internet Information Center)

Editor: Yan