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During the Second Sino-Japanese War, many other cities besides Nanjing were captured by the Japanese. But while atrocities occurred across China, the Nanking Massacre seems to have been larger in scale and more prominent in memory. Why isn't there a "Shanghai Massacre" or a "Beijing Massacre"?

by /u/Legitimate_Twist in /r/AskHistorians

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