Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba, mafi kyawun sojojin Chiang Kai-shek sun ci nasara a Shanghai. A ƙarshen shekara, an kama babban birnin kasar Sin a Nanjing. Amfani da dabarun ƙona ƙasa ta ɓarna ta ɓangarorin biyu, Sinawa kamar a cikin ambaliyar Kogin Yellow na 1938
kuma daga baya da Jafananci da Three Alls Policy, "kashe duk, ƙone duk, loot duk", fara a 1940, da'awar miliyoyin rayuka. 'Yan kishin kasa na kasar Sin sun yi amfani da dabarun yakin basasa na fararen hula, wanda ya gaji da kuma takaicin sojojin Japan. An kashe fararen hula da yawa na kasar Sin bisa zargin cewa su 'yan adawa ne. Laifukan yaƙin Japan a Nanking da sauran wurare a China da Manchukuo an rubuta su sosai.