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Timeline

(1952)

December 1937

December

01
- The Battle of Nanjing beginsOn 1 December 1937 Imperial GHQ in Tokyo ordered the capture of Nanjing, China's capital, defended by General Tang Shengzhi with troops bled white at Shanghai.
08
- The creation of MengjiangIn autumn 1937 Japan set up three puppet governments in Inner Mongolia and on 22 November joined them in the Mengjiang committee. The state came in 1939.
11
- Italy leaves the League of NationsOn 11 December 1937 the Fascist Grand Council decided Italy would leave the League of Nations; Mussolini announced it from a balcony. The cause was Ethiopia.
12
- The Panay incidentOn 12 December 1937 Japanese aircraft sank the US gunboat Panay and three tankers on the Yangtze near Nanjing. Tokyo apologised and paid compensation.
13
- Key eventThe Nanjing massacreOn 13 December 1937 the Japanese took Nanjing, China's capital. For weeks they murdered prisoners and civilians, raped women, looted and burned the city.