Nanking.
Japanese First Army was created in 1937.
The Japanese and Chinese were involved in the Nanking Massacre of 1937. The imperial Japanese army murdered and raped Chinese civilians and unarmed combatants.
Japanese China Garrison Army ended in 1937.
Japanese Central China Area Army was created in 1937.
Japanese Northern China Area Army was created in 1937.
a Chinese general in imperial Japanese army
Manchuria
Manchuria
The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) ended with the surrender of Japan on August 6, 1945. Because of the war, China suffered severe economic devastation. Aside from the destruction of several major cities, such as Nanking, the Chinese lost half of the industrial equipment that the Japanese had installed in Manchuria to the Russians. Nationalists Army was weakened and the Communist army strengthened, which allowed them to defeat the Nationalists in the ensuing Chinese Civil War.
Many mainland Chinese do, because one time the Japanese came in to china and raped the women on a massive scale, the Nanjing massacre. they had no provocation. Taiwanese Chinese and Singapore Chinese tend not to hate the Japanese though. The Japanese army was not brutal against the Taiwan, and Singapore received compensation.
Japan had used an excuse a Chinese Attack on a Japanese Railway near the city of Mukden. In fact, the "Mukden incident" had been carried out by Japanese Soldiers disguised as Chinese.
Military situation and Approach of the Imperial Japanese Army are some crucial differences between Chinese and Japanese historiography of the Nanking Massacre.