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Changjiao massacre
Changjiao massacre
Part of Second Sino-Japanese war, World War II
Location	Changjiao, Hunan
Date	; May 9-12 1943
Target	Chinese Civilians
Attack type	Massacre, Mass Murder
Deaths	30,000
Perpetrators	Imperial Japanese Army

The Changjiao massacre (Chinese: 厂窖惨案) was a massacre of Chinese civilians by the China Expeditionary Army in Changjiao, Hunan. Gen. Shunroku Hata was the commander of the Japanese forces. For four days, from May 9-12, 1943, more than 30,000 civilians were killed.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References edit

^ "1943 Timeline". WW2DB. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
^ "Changjiao massacre survivors tell the tragedy". RedNet. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Changjiao Massacre". enemy in mirror. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

Xinhuanet.com article on Changjiao Massacre (in Simplified Chinese) 厂窖惨案一天屠杀一万人
People.com article (in Simplied Chinese) 骇人听闻的厂窖惨案 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

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