# Full-scale war with China (1937)

URL: https://history-japan.com/timeline/1937-full-scale-war-with-china
Location: Japan
Categories: battle

Fighting near Beijing expanded into a large-scale war between Japan and China. Japanese forces captured major cities, and atrocities including the Nanjing Massacre followed. The war imposed immense suffering and became inseparable from the wider conflict in Asia and the Pacific.

Ruler at the time: [Konoe Fumimaro](https://history-japan.com/rulers/konoe-fumimaro-1937)

## Sources
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War)