Have u ever heard about the Nanking Massacre where more than 300,000 being killed by Japanese Army during WW2?

Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_massacre

Answer 1

A few years ago, Iris Chang wrote a book about this, complete with a set of grisly photos. It was called "The Rape of Nanking". I read it, and I think it made the bestseller list.

We often think of WWII beginning at Pearl Harbor in 1941, or the German invasion of Poland in 1939. But Imperial Japan took over Manchuria following the Mukden Incident in 1931, installing a puppet government and renaming it Manchukuo.

China Proper was the next target, and the Marco Polo Bridge incident outside Peking in 1937 provided a pretext for the Japanese invasion. Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese nationalists (the Guomindang) gradually fell back, absorbing heavy casualties. He took a stand at Nanking (Nanjing), the ancient Chinese capital, vowing that would never fall. (Chiang wasn't there, however, nor were his front line troops.)

Under siege, Nanking held out for over a month before the defenders abandoned the city. The Japanese, who'd expected an easy conquest, streamed into the city the next day.

For the next seven weeks, "there followed in Nanjing a period of terror and destruction that must rank among the worst in the history of modern warfare. ... Japanese troops ... unleashed ... on the helpless Chinese civilian population a storm of violence and cruelty that has few parallels. The female rape victims, many of whom died after repeated assaults, were estimated by foreign observers at 20,000; fugitive soldiers killed were estimated at 30,000; murdered civilians at 12,000. [These numbers are conservative; I've also seen the 300,000 estimate.]

"Robbery, wanton destruction, andb arson left much of the city in ruins. There is no obvious explanation for this grim event nor perhaps can one be found. [But I've seen blame laid on the Japanese commander, who failed to control his troops and even encouraged the pillaging, in an attempt to destroy Chinese morale.]

"The Japanese soldiers ... were bored, angry, frustrated, tired. The Chinese women were undefended, their menfolk powerless or absent." [I saw a photo of a baby being swung against a wall and having its brains splattered. In another, a baby's head was hit by a bat. In another, a naked rape victim's body was pierced by a stake.]

The Rape of Nanking must rank up there with the Cambodian killing fields, the Holocaust of WWII, the Armenian genocide, and the genocides in Uganda and Rwanda.

Answer 2

Yes I have heard of it and it is a nasty scar on Japanese history. Even today, Chinese and Japanese schoolbooks depict the event differently. Japan accuses China on false pretenses; China says that there is irrefutable evidence of such a massacre.

Japanese soldiers went to Nanking and killed thousands of innocents and raped the women and children (bear in mind, this was still the Imperial Japan era). It's not a pretty sight and I'm not going to go into the explicit testimonials, either.

Answer 3

Yes...

The Japanese looting amounted almost to plundering of the entire city. Nearly every building was entered by Japanese soldiers, often under the eyes of their officers, and the men took whatever they wanted. The Japanese soldiers often impressed Chinese to carry their loot....
The mass executions of war prisoners added to the horrors the Japanese brought to Nanking. After killing the Chinese soldiers who threw down their arms and surrendered, the Japanese combed the city for men in civilian garb who were suspected of being former soldiers.

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

Yes, it is the forgotten holocaust of WWII. Must read book by Iris Chang: "The Rape of Nanking: The forgotten Holocaust of WWII"

Iris Chang also became a casualty of the Holocaust when she committed suicide.

Answer 6

Yes, I do know exactly what you're talking about. Actually what you meant to say is something like this, "the Rape of Nankin"

Answer 7

This was a sad event that some Japanese still do not admit to.

Answer 8

Yes but I see you've got already an answer under your question

Answer 9

...yes