<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nanking" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Nanking">Battle of Nanking</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> troops under the command of Lt. Gen. <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuhiko_Asaka" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yasuhiko Asaka">Yasuhiko Asaka</a> launch an assault on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912–49)" id="mwww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of China (1912–49)">Chinese</a> city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nanjing">Nanking</a>.