You must have read, heard, or seen the atrocities of the Nazis during the Holocaust, but perhaps an even crueler, less humane event during World War II goes unnoticed. The Japanese forces went into Nanking, the Chinese capital with orders to kill, rape, and torture as many individuals as possible. And they did.
I think people should at least recognize this event. As they say, "those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it".
Here is the video code for a really good documentary on the event. I don't know if embedding works in Yahoo! Answers, so I'll add the hyperlink just in case. I think you should all be informed of this. Watch it, for the sake of humanity, this cruel deed should not be forgotten!
Hyperlink:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4920138942953644691&q=nanking
2007-02-02 11:27:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Please don't take this lightly. Remember that these were human lives we are dealing with. Yet the Japanese government has removed all mentions from the history books.
Don't flag this as racism or inappropriate or harassment or whatever. This isn't a game of reporting as many questions as possible.
This is an important event that shouldn't be neglected, and I hope you will spend the time to watch it. I think people should know about this, I really do.
This isn't just a personal question about relationships or a joke or a poll. This is to notify people of an overlooked yet important historical event.
Please take the time to watch...
2007-02-02 11:27:20 · update #1
Remember: this isn't about me or you. It's about a plethora of people who have anonymously lost their lives in the most injust way possible. Don't let their deaths go unnoticed.
Help me in spreading the message, please. That's all I ask. Thanks!
2007-02-02 11:32:55 · update #2
The Japanese atrocities in Nanking happened in 1937. More than 300,000 Chinese civilians were killed. The sad fact was that these atrocities were in the front pages of the major American and British newspapers at the time. But Roosevelt and Churchill ignored them, nor did they raise any objection or protest to the Emperor of Japan.
2007-02-02 19:24:12 · answer #1 · answered by roadwarrior 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course I've heard of the Rape of Nanking. Anybody with the flimsiest grasp of modern history has. Recently there was an amazing book written about this called The Rape of Nanking and it was written by a lady named Iris Chang. I highly recommend reading this book. The Japanese militarists that took over the Japanese government in the 1920's were a bunch of brutal monsters, and Nanking was one of the worst things they did.
2016-03-29 02:08:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two good books on it are "The Good Man of Nanking" which is about the diaries of John Rabe. Rabe was a Nazi who tried to save as many Chinese from the Japanese as he could. He's quite a hero there in Nanking. Other book is the well known "The Rape of Nanking" by the late Iris Chang.
Both books might be profiled in hyperlink which I didn't check as this pc isn't on a fast connection.
2007-02-02 12:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where to begin my "answer" (comment) on this subject.
I'm a student of history and know quite a bit about human nature from my professional experiences and from my family.
Every time I see something or read something about the Rape of Nanking, all I can think of is "Dear God..human beings can be so unbelievably cruel to one another".
I knew a bartender who's brother was a veteran of the "Bataan Death March"...and I had an uncle who was a survivor of Hitler's Concentration Camps...and my Grandmother's family was all but wiped out by Stalin...and yet I think...after all this slaughter and cruelty, have we learned to treat each other with respect and love?
No.
I hate to say this....but I don't think we've learned anything from the past...and like that old saying goes...."Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
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2007-02-02 11:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by Joey Bagadonuts 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I admire your determination to keep this atrocity out of the shadows. Yes, I have heard of it before, but the details have never been fully explored for me. There were so many horrible things that happened in WW2 (on both sides), the Nazis weren't the only thing. It is a sad chapter of humanity.
2007-02-02 11:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by CrystalEyes 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yeah I've heard of it, along with Bataan death, Korean Comfort women, and forced prisoner labor. I don't think the Japanese recognized the Geneva convention and were quite inhumane
2007-02-02 11:34:49 · answer #6 · answered by michael H 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have dial up so my video feed sucks , but I do remember hearing about it. There is a woman who wrote a book about it. Some people believe she committed suicide, some believe it was the japanese government. Iris Chang.
2007-02-02 11:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by ALunaticFriend 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course... Also the biological warfare, the medical testing...
I heard about it in my own reading, and then again in college history. It is sad that so little is taught to kids...
2007-02-02 13:38:00 · answer #8 · answered by mariner31 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I find it amazing that not as many Japanese war criminals were held accountable for their crimes after world war 2, like the other criminals were.
2007-02-02 11:30:26 · answer #9 · answered by Damn Good Dawg 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Nah. King of Queens is on/
2007-02-02 11:30:41 · answer #10 · answered by vabraces 2 · 1⤊ 6⤋