Antiaircraft Academy,179,181,188
Anti-Comintern Pact,104
Armenian genocide of World War Ⅰ,243
arson,46,145,198,248—249,255—256,259,261
Asaka Yasuhiko,Japanese prince,commander of Shanghai Expeditionary Force from early December,131—132,200,203,252
Associated Press,37
Atcheson,George,second secretary at US embassy in China,177,232
Atrocities;against civilians,145—146,237,242—243,250—251;against soldiers,58—59,199,236—238,241—242,252;in Nanjing,estimates of deaths,243—244;in Jiading,57—58;in Jiashan,63;in Taicang,58;motives,146—148;249—253
Auden,W.H.,British-born poet,244
Augusta,U.S.cruiser,232
Australia,69
Azuma Shiro,Japanese senior private,92,137—139,157,194
Bai Chongxi,Chinese general,65,84,134
Baimaokou,Chinese city,56
Balme,Harold,missionary and physician,117
Baoding Military Academy,83,90
Barlow,H.D.,commander of HMS Ladybird,143
Barrel,Alexis,author,117
Bates,Miner Searles,teacher and missionary,244,255
Bee,British gunboat,88
Beidaihe,north Chinese seaside resort,24—25
Beijing,24,28,30—31,33,37,64,78—79,90—91,99,142—143,263—264
Beijing Army College,64
Berlin,103—104,247
“Big Sword Society,” secret society,259—261
Bismarck,Otto von,German chancellor,160
Blyukher,Vasilii K.,Soviet Far East commander,177
Boxer Rebellion,anti-foreign movement in China(1900),33
Brussels Conference,71—72,80,102—104,111—112,123,134,144,176
Buddhism,83,164—165,261,267
Buildings in Nanjing:
Central Bank,213
Ministry of Communications,28—29,87,213
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,28,219—220,228
Ministry of Railways,29,53,155
Carlson,Evan F.,U.S.Marine captain,108
Central Aviation School,18
Central Hospital,Nanjing,61,116
Chamberlin,Neville,British prime minister,71
Changshu,Chinese city,84—85.87,105
Changzhou,Chinese city,137—138,214—215,289 n.34
Chatfield,Sir Ernle,British chief of Naval Staff,144
Chen,Chinese collaborator,257—258
Chen Cheng,China general,64,100,125
Chen,Francis,business manager at Ginling College,142
Chen Gongbo,Chinese politician,80
Chen Yiding,Chinese colonel,41—44,195—197,211,233—234,266
Cheng Ruifang,teacher at Ginling College,229
Cheng Tianfang,Chinese ambassador to Germany,134
Chennault,Claire,American aviator and advisor to Chinese Air Force,60—61,149,272 n.3,295 n.75
Chiang Kai-shek,13,56,57,123,151,156,157,161,192,238,240,242,260,263;air raids on Nanjing,61;Chen Cheng and,100,125;Communists and,38,140,205—206;decision to defend Nanjing,64—67;diary,61,205;departure from Nanjing,154—155;evacuation of Nanjing,53—54,87—88;Falkenhausen and,65,83,109;Germany and,42;Japanese views of,36,56,57,77,121,123,135,147,160,175—176,263—264;Jiangyin,119;Liu Xiang and,95—96,284 n.95;Matsui Iwane and,36,38,139;military commander,107,108—109,150,155—156,163,175,202,286 n.39;moving capital,88;Nanjing battle,36,163,182—183,186—187,205—206,220—222;Nanjing defenses,89,140;Nanjing massacre and,244;order to abandon Nanjing,221—222,227;personality,35,274 n.48;politician,66,80,88—89,95—96,175—176,202;post-battle assessments of,263—264;Shanghai battle,35—36,91;Soviet Union and,40,176—177,221,265—266;Tang Shengzhi and,66—67,83—84,156,206,220—222,262,299 n.74;Trautmann’s peace mission and,78—79,80,123—124,134—135,144
China
Ministry of communications,110
Ministry of foreign affairs,88,220
Ministry of war,54
Chinese Air Force,19,21—22,41,60,118,149,272 n.3
Chinese Army,medical facilities,115—117;reputation,107—109
Chinese military units
1st Brigade(Training Division),167,212
2nd Bomber Group,17,19
3rd Regiment(Training Division),203
4th Squadron,60
5th Squadron,60
13th Independent Infantry Brigade,96,125
14th Independent Infantry Brigade,125
14th Squadron(2nd Bomber Group),17
23rd Army,125
36th Infantry Division,42,187,221—222,262
41st Infantry Division,108
48th Infantry Division,107
51st Infantry Division,163—165
66th Army,239—240
87th Infantry Division,41—42,188—190,196,211,240,266
88th Infantry Division,42,181,189—191,199—200,212,221,240
103rd Infantry Division,106,120,130
112th Infantry Division,104,106,128,130
144th Infantry Division,113—115
145th Infantry Division,99—100,125
146th Infantry Division,125
154th Infantry Division,158
156th Infantry Division,158,188,196—197,202,223,239—240
259th Infantry Brigade(87th Infantry Division),196
261st Infantry Brigade(87th Infantry Division),41,196
262nd Infantry Brigade(88th Infantry Division),181
301st Infantry Regiment(51st Infantry Regiment),165
523rd Infantry Regiment(88th Infantry Division),181
524th Infantry Regiment(88th Infantry Division),181
527th Infantry Regiment(88th Infantry Division),190—191
528th Infantry Regiment(88th Infantry Division),190,199
Military police,104,140,180,182,202
Training Division,167—168,178,202—203,212,240,295 n.68
Chunhua,Chinese village,138,157,163—165
Churchill,Winston S.,40
Ciano,Count Galleazo,Italian foreign minister,80
Communists,Chinese,37—38,112,140,205—206,266
Cora,Giuliano,Italian ambassador to China,53,79
Cricket,Royal Navy gunboat,232
Dachau,244
Dai Zhiqi,Chinese officer,120
Daily Telegraph,118
Dajiaochang air field 21—22,132
Danyang,Chinese city,131,138—139
“dare-to-die” squads,108,120,209
Davis,Norman,chief US delegate at Brussels talks,103—104
Ding,mountain near Jiangyin,119—120
Ding Shaolan,Chinese official,87
Dirksen,Herbert von,German ambassador to Japan,79,144,159—160,264—265
disease;cholera,94;diphtheria,255;malaria,252
Dorn,Frank,American officer,148
Du Yuming,Chinese officer,commander of armored regiment,89
Durdin,F.Tillman,American journalist,158,243
Dutch East Indies,69,139
Eigner,Julius,American journalist,28—29,274 n.32
Eitou Toshio,Japanese artillery officer,124
Ensminger,Charles L.,US Navy storekeeper first class,216
Epstein,Israel,American journalist,30,305 n.47
Falkenhausen,Alexander von,chief German advisor to China’s Army,65,83,109
Fengjing,Chinese city,48
Figaro,Le,French newspaper,37,103
First Sino-Japanese War(1894—1895),32—33,69,71,101
Fitch,George,230,241,245,247
F.L.Smidth & Co.,Danish enterprise,118
Foreign Office,British,144
Forster,Ernest H.,166,249,261
France,14,46,71,132
Frankfurter Zeitung,109
Fremery,Henri Johan Diederick de,Dutch officer,139—140
French Concession,district in Shanghai,34
Fuchang Hotel,191
Fujian province,32
Fujita Sanehiko,Japanese major and tankette commander,152—153,170—171,200,208—210,300 n.8
Fushan,Chinese city,84
Gallipoli,battle of,69—70
Gates,see Nanjing city gates
General’s Peak,170—171
German advisors in Chinese military,26,42,65,79,83—84,109,140—141
Germany,71,282 n.19;atrocities in both world wars,146,243,249—250,291 n.80,306 n.95;diplomacy,25,40,72,78—80,83,104,123—124,133—135,144,159—160,221,264—265;Japan and,25,33,40,69,219,248,256,260,264—265,280 no.83;Great War and,69,85,233,249—250,280 n.84,306 n.95;military assistance to China,26,42,61,188—189,295 n.68;war with Soviet Union,75,146,265,291 n.80
Gestapo,265
Ginling College,25—27,51,141—142,155,161,166,201,219,229,233,240—242,245—246,251,253—256,261,305 n.64
Goering,Hermann,German Nazi leader,79,282 n.19
Great Wall of China,30,112
Great War(1914—1918),33—34,36,42,55,69,85,104,109,243,250
Grew,Joseph,US ambassador to Japan,62,72,232—233
Gu Zhutong,Chinese general,86,96—97
Guangde,Chinese city,100,114—115,120,124—126,152
Guangdong province,211—212,223
Guangxi province,96—97
Guenther,Karl,German engineer,119,260
Gugong Airfield,214
Guo Junqi,Chinese general,113—114
Guo Qi,Chinese battalion commander,213,223,266
Guo Xinqiu,Chinese political officer,104,106,130—131
Haneda Airport(Tokyo)76
Hangzhou,Chinese city,18,77,259,308 n.162
Hangzhou Bay,36,38,45,48,56,63,69,73,81,85,94,170
Harada Kumao,Japanese official,160
Hasegawa Kiyoshi,Japanese naval commander in Central China area,143
He Jiazhao,Chinese armored commander,202
He Yingqin,Chinese general,chief of staff,89
Hedin,Sven,Swedish explorer,267
Heng,mountain,154
Higashitake Furi,Japanese private,156—157
Hill 154,Chinese position
Hindenburg Line,German fortification in the Great War,85
Hino Ashihei,see Tamai Katsunori
Hiramoto Atsushi,Japanese private,227—228
Hirota Koki,Japanese foreign minister,70,159—160,232
Hirohito,Emperor,92,101,132,232,252,265
Hitler,Adolf,25,104,159,256,267
Hong Kong,52,67
Hongmaoshan,hill south of Nanjing,178
Hospitals,51,61—62,116—117,145,149,151—152,219—220,228,233,237,257
Hu Shi,Chinese intellectual,54
Huang Qixiang,Chinese officer in Shanghai battle,43
Huangduzhen,Chinese city,37
Hughes,James J.,U.S.Navy lieutenant commander,215
Hull,Cordell,U.S.Secretary of State,103
Hunan province,54,67,84,154,275 n.66
Iketani Hanjiro,Japanese major,74
Imperial General Headquarters,101—102,159
Imperial Liaison Conference,Japanese military-civilian institution,101,264
Inner Mongolia,78,264
International Military Tribunal of the Far East,244
International Settlement,district in Shanghai,37,118,279 n.76
Ishii Seitaro,Japanese private,58—59,75,129—131,288 n.8
Ishii Taro,head of Japanese foreign ministry’s Bureau of Asiatic Affairs,251
Ishiwara Kanji,chief of operations,Japanese Army General Staff,38—39,45,79,82,253
Italy,72,79—80,83,102,134,282 n.19
Ito Yoshimitsu,Japanese major,189,196,210
Jacquinot Safety Zone,88
Jacquinot de Besange,Robert,French Jesuit,88
Japanese Army,attrition,93;efficiency,92—94;general staff,38—39,76,79,82,102,123,131,264,275 n.69;logistics,121—122,161—162;looting,86—87,121—122;
Japanese military units
2nd Light Armored Company,152
3rd Infantry Division,46,56,58,138
6th Infantry Division,38,45,56,63,74,81,94,122,152,157,170,190—191,199,209,216,226
6th Infantry Regiment(3rd Infantry Division),46
9th Infantry Division,55—56,85—86,93,121,138,157,161—162,164—165,187,196,199—200,210,212,214,227
9th Infantry Regiment(16th Infantry Division),194
11th Infantry Division,56—58,70,284 n.81,294 n.40
13th Air Group,214
13th Infantry Division,56—58,92,106,119—120,157,200—201,284 n.77
13th Infantry Regiment(6th Infantry Division),170—171,226
16th Infantry Division,45,56,69,75,84,92,94,122,138,156—157,162,167,173,193—194,198,203,248
18th Infantry Brigade(9th Infantry Division),188
18th Infantry Division,48,56,81,93—94,100,114,152,157
19th Infantry Regiment(9th Infantry Division),162
20th Infantry Regiment(16th Infantry Division),92,137—138,167,194—195
23rd Infantry Regiment(6th Infantry Division),170,172,190—191,209,217—218,227—228
26th Infantry Brigade(13th Infantry Division),58,75,119,129,131
30th Infantry Brigade(16th Infantry Division),44,67,194
30th Infantry Regiment(16th Infantry Division),194
33rd Infantry Regiment(16th Infantry Division),194
35th Infantry Regiment(9th Infantry Division),162
36th Infantry Regiment(9th Infantry Division),55,178—179,181,187—189,195
38th Infantry Regiment(16th Infantry Division),194
45th Infantry Regiment(6th Infantry Division),209
47th Infantry Regiment(6th Infantry Division),191,209,216—217
101st Infantry Division,56,58,92,284 n.77
103rd Infantry Brigade,119
114th Infantry Division,56,63,75,81,94,114,146,152,157,170
Amaya Detachment,93,138,284 n.81
Central China Area Army,38,57,76—77,82,123,131,157,185,203,252,275 n.66
Kanoya Air Group,21
Kunisaki Detachment,56,69,81,94,124,152,200—201,277 n.26
Military police,253
Shigeto Detachment,45,56,68—69,84,276 n.83
Shanghai Expeditionary Force,38,63,77,82,85,94,131,139,157,173,201
Special Naval Landing Force(Marines),41,280 n.88
Shigeto Detachment,45,56,68,69,84,276 n.83
Takegawa Company(6th Division),210,212
Tenth Army,36,38,45,48,56,63—64,69,73—75,77—78,80,82,94—97,131,147,152,157,173,200—201,284 n.95
Java-China-Japan Line,136
Jiading,Chinese city,37,57—58
Jiang Baili,Chinese strategic thinker,89—92,266,282 n.19
Jiang Gonggu,Chinese physician,54—55,191—192
Jiang Lianhong,Chinese provincial official,54
Jiang Tingfu,Chinese ambassador to the Soviet Union,176
Jiangnan Cement Works,118,260
Jiangnan Wharf,215
Jiangsu province,28,54
Jiangyin,Chinese city,104—106,119—120,128—131
Jiashan,Chinese city,48,62—63,94,276 n.1,278 n.60
Jiaxing,Chinese city,73—74,77,81—82,102
Jinshan,Chinese city,73
Johnson,Nelson T.,American ambassador to China,88,161,186,263
Jones,Thomas,British official,71
Jurong,Chinese city,131,138,157,173,185,239
Kan’in Kotohito,chief of Japanese Army General Staff,275 n.69
Kanno Heikichi,petty officer,Japanese Navy Air Service,22—23
“Katyusha”,see Tupolev SB
Kawabe Torashiro,Japanese colonel,chief of the Army General Staff’s Operations Section,76—78,102,135,281 n.13
Kidalinski,Nikolai,Russian squadron commander,136
Kikuchi,Japanese translates 249—250
“knee mortars,” nickname for Japanese grenade launchers,138,172,175,290 n.36
Koeniggraetz,battle of,160
Konoe Fumimaro,Japanese prime minister,101,160,263—264
Koo,Wellington,Chinese ambassador to Paris and delegate at Brussels Conference,71—72,103
Korea,33,69,71
Koxinga,Japanese-Chinese pirate of the 17th century,186
Kranenburg,J.W.,Dutch businessman,136
Kuling,Chinese mountain resort,52
Kung,H.H.,Chinese finance minister,123—124
Kunisaki Noboru,Japanese major general,277 n.26
Kunshan,Chinese city,38,85,122
Kydymov,D.A.,Russian pilot,168—170,296 n.101
Ladybird,British gunboat,143,232
Lake Tai,36,48,77,81,93—94,96—97,99,106,114—115,121,148,152
Landing operations,see amphibious operations
Lanzhou,Chinese city,112
Lautenschlager,Heinz,German embassy councilor,134
League of Nations,71—72
Leningrad,111
Li Hengjie,rear gunner,Chinese Air Force,17—21
Li Xikai,Chinese colonel,203
Li Yisan,Chinese officer,223—224,230—231,239—240
Li Zongren,Chinese general,67,223,262,279 n.72
Liaodong peninsula,71
Lin Sen,chairman of Chinese republic,53—54
Lishui,Chinese city,131,152
Litvinov,Maxim,Soviet foreign commissar,111—112
Liu,Bea Exner,American teacher,54,111
Liu Fei,head of operations bureau,Chinese general staff,65—66,279 n.72
Liu Jixiang,Chinese lieutenant,128—129