A vivid scene of a small fire burning on an urban sidewalk at night, illuminating the surroundings.

A city fell. Then the killing kept going.

When Japanese troops entered Nanjing, the battle did not simply end. The city became the site of mass murder, rape, and arson on a terrifying scale.

Nanjing Massacre: When the Battle Ended, the Horror Grew

Case 5 of John Magee's film: on December 13, 1937, about 30 Japanese soldiers murdered all but two of 11 Chinese in the house at No. 5 Xinlukou. A woman and her two teenaged daughters were raped, and Japanese soldiers rammed a bottle and a cane into her vagina. An eight-year-old girl was stabbed, but she and her younger sister survived. They were found alive two weeks after the killings by the elderly woman shown in the photo. Bodies of the victims can also be seen in the photo.[91][92]

The victims were not just soldiers

Chinese civilians, prisoners of war, and men merely suspected of being soldiers were swept up. Women and girls from infants to the elderly were raped, and many were murdered afterward.

Nanjing Massacre: When the Battle Ended, the Horror Grew

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