| 1 | That's when Japanese troops occupied the then capital of China. | |
| 2 | At least one Japanese carrier task force was apparently in the area. | |
| 3 | It was destroyed by the Japanese in 1938 and the present structure was restored in 1965. | |
| 4 | Yet this was just one of a series of war crimes committed by the Japanese Army during its conquest of eastern China. | |
| 5 | The Nationalists had had to abandon their capital and the city was left defenceless when Japanese troops arrived at the gates. |