Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) was a major invasion of eastern China by Japan preceding and during World War II. It ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. In Chinese, the war is variously known as the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War of Resistance (????????), Anti-Japanese War of Resistance (????), War of Resistance (??), or Eight Years' War of Resistance (????).

Attacks on civilians

• Nanjing Massacre
• Unit 731
• Unit 100
• Unit 516
• Unit 1855
• Unit 2646
• Unit 8604
• Unit 9420
• Unit Ei 1644
• Comfort women
• Tongzhou Incident
• Shantung Incident
• Taihoku Air Strike
• Bombing of Chongqing
• Kaimingye germ weapon attack
• Changteh Chemical Weapon Attack
• Sook Ching Massacre (against overseas Chinese)