Nanjing Massacre Historical Materials Volume 2: Battle of Nanjing

"Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre" is a large-scale academic project. The collection, arrangement of historical materials, and the translation, editing and publication of English, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian and other documents are very complex and arduous tasks, so they can only be published in batches. It is unavoidable to arrange the publication of similar historical materials in different volumes. We apologize for this. We hope that this collection of historical materials can provide as much historical information as possible with rich and comprehensive content to the vast number of historical researchers and readers at home and abroad. However, due to the wide range of sources of materials, including personal experiences and eye-witness materials of the perpetrators, victims, and third parties, as well as recall materials, various archival materials, newspaper materials, etc., It is not surprising that there are inconsistencies in the description of the Nanjing Massacre, and even due to the narrator's position, observation angle, or cognitive limitations, there are contradictions in the description, and there are also some wrong or incorrect views. It is impossible for the voices to be completely unanimous about such a tragedy that shocked the world. Preserve the original appearance of historical materials. It is the professional ethics and academic norms that historians should have. Therefore, we collect the historical materials as they are without any changes and provide them to historical researchers for them to examine and analyze when using them to draw scientific conclusions that are consistent with historical facts.