The Changjiao massacre (Chinese:厂窖惨案) was a massacre aiming the chinese civilians by Japanese China Expeditionary Army in Hunan,ChangJiao.Shunroku Hata was the promoter.From May 9 to May 12, 1943 - four days,more than 30,000 civilians were slaughtered and thousands of women were raped. The word massacre has a number of meanings, but most commonly refers to individual events of deliberate and direct mass killing, especially of noncombatant civilians or other innocents, that would often qualify as war crimes or atrocities. ... The Japanese China Expeditionary Army of the Imperial Japanese Army, was formed in 1937 as an offshoot of the Kwangtung Army. ... (Chinese: ; pinyin: Húnán) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning south of the lake). Hunan is sometimes called æ¹ (pinyin: XiÄng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the... Hata Shuroku (born July 26, 1879 - died May 10, 1962), was a Japanese general during World War II. Military career 2nd Lt (Artillery), June 1901 Graduated from War College with top scholarly rank, November 1910 Army General Staff, December 1910 Military student, Germany, March 1912 Major, July 1914; official duty... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...