In a five-week campaign between November 11 and December 9, the Japanese army marched from Shanghai to Nanjing at a rapid pace, pursuing the retreating Chinese army and overcoming all Chinese resistance in its way. The campaign was marked by tremendous brutality and destruction, with increasing levels of atrocities committed by Japanese forces against the local population, while Chinese forces implemented scorched earth tactics to slow the Japanese advances.
In a five-week campaign between November 11 and December 9 the Japanese army marched from Shanghai to Nanjing at a rapid pace pursuing the retreating Chinese army and overcoming all Chinese resistance in its way The campaign was marked by tremendous brutality and destruction with increasing levels of atrocities committed by Japanese forces against the local population while Chinese forces implemented scorched earth tactics to slow the Japanese advances