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Nanjing Massacre |
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Nanjing Massacreor Rape of Nanjing(December 1937–January 1938) Mass killing and rape of Chinese people in Nanjing by Japanese soldiers after the Japanese had captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese commander ordered the destruction of Nanjing, which had been the Nationalist Chinese capital. Estimates of the number killed range from 100,000 to more than 300,000, and tens of thousands of rapes were committed. Japanese wartime brutality in China contributed to cool relations between the two countries into the 21st century. See also war crime; World War II. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And my grandfather told me about the senseless slaughter of almost 30,000 innocent civilians by the Japanese in the Nanking massacre of 1937 [in China]. Nagano Shigeto, gave a newspaper interview claiming the Nanking massacre was a fabrication; the uproar across Asia triggered his quick resignation. The Nanking Massacre persists in not only eluding clear scholarly understanding, but stands as a catastrophe that the entire world has yet to come to terms with. |
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