Commanders (B): Iwane Matsui, Prince Asaka, Heisuke Yanagawa
Casualties: approx. Campaign total:
33,000–70,000 dead
Battle for Nanjing:
20,000+ killed and wounded
30,000+ POWs executed after capture
Postwar estimates:
5 November to 2 December 1937: About 100,000 casualties
In NanjCampaign total:
According to the Japanese internal archive:
26,000 killed and wounded
Official Japanese newspaper reports:
Imperial Japanese Army from 13 November until 31 December 1937: 4,202 kille