During what war do the events in the film "Nanjing 1937" take place?
Nanking Massacre The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing ("Nanking"), then the capital of the Republic of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The massacre is also known as the Rape of Nanking or, using Pinyin romanization, the Nanjing Massacre or Rape of Nanjing.
Chinese Civil War (disambiguation) The Chinese Civil War generally refers to the Chinese Civil War between Chinese Nationalists (led by Chiang Kai-shek) and the Chinese Communists (led by Mao Zedong) that was waged in two main phases from 1927–36 and 1946–50 but may also describe any other armed conflict among military forces in China, especially in the 20th century, most of them during the Warlord Era, including: