The Nanjing Massacre refers to the period from War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China 193 1 to 1945, when the Republic of China was defeated in the defense of Nanjing, and the capital of Nanjing was 1937, 12, 13 (academic circles think that it started at/KLOC-. Under the command of the commander of the Central China Dispatching Army Matsui Shigen and the head of the Sixth Division Gu Shoufu, the Japanese invaders carried out bloody atrocities such as organized, planned and premeditated slaughter, rape, arson and robbery in Nanjing and its vicinity for six weeks. In the Nanjing Massacre, a large number of civilians and prisoners of war were killed by the Japanese army, and countless families were fragmented. The number of people killed in the Nanjing Massacre exceeded 300,000.

Nanjing Massacre is a flagrant violation of international treaties and basic human moral standards by the Japanese invaders, and it is one of the most prominent and representative examples of countless atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders in the war of aggression against China. During the Nanjing Massacre, The New York Times, Central Daily, Xinhua Daily and other Chinese and foreign media widely exposed the Nanjing Massacre.

Extended Information 2065438+On February 25th, 2004, the Seventh Session of the 12th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) considered the draft decision of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) on the establishment of the Victory Day of the People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in China and the draft decision of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) on the establishment of a national public holiday day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.

20 14 on February 27th, the 7th meeting of the 12th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) of China voted to designate 65438+February 13 as the national day of public sacrifice for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. China established the National Day of Public Sacrifice for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre in the form of legislation, which showed the firm stand of the people of China in opposing the war of aggression, defending human dignity and safeguarding world peace.

20 17 On February 2nd, the Parliament of Ontario, Canada is considering a bill to designate 65438+February 13 as the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day every year. The report said that although the local Japanese cultural center launched a signature collection campaign against the bill.

20 17 10 year127 October, the Manitoba Provincial Council of Canada passed a motion to designate 12 13 as the "Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day" in the province.

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