Many parts of the world did not hear about the Nanking Massacre until years after it occurred. Many people today probably still does not know the existent of the Nanking Massacre. During the massacre, the international community inside Nanking created a safety zone for refugees. To learn more, try reading "The Rape of Nanking" by Iris Chang.
Japanese expansion into Eastern Asia began with the invasion of Manchuria in 1931. It also created a separate puppet state in Inner Mongolia. The Chinese Nationalist capital of Nanking also surrendered to the Japanese in 1937. The Japanese killed as many of 300,000 Chinese in the Massacre of Nanking.
The Rape of Nanking is the most infamous ; see relevant link .
Answer 1I'm not positive, but this will have to do until an expert improves this answer. During World War II, I think, the capitol of China was located at Nanking [Nanjing].THe correct answer is Chungking. Nanking fell in 1937 and the Chinese government withdrew into the interior of the country. They established the new capital in Chungking (now known as Chongqing)
Prior to the general outbreak of World War II, war raged between China and Japan. In late 1937, Japanese forces occupied the important Chinese city of Nanjing (or, Nanking). Although accounts differ, and the event is still debated today, all sides agree that numerous atrocities and killings were carried out over a period of two months by Japanese troops against the unprotected citizens of the city. This event is still often described as the "Rape of Nanjing."
Among those badly damaged were London, Hamburg, Berlin, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Nanking, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
Iris Chang wrote the book The Rape of Nanking, about the Nanking Massacre.
The Nanking Massacre happened on December 13th, 1937. No known death count is available for the Nanking Massacre, as records were not held at that time.
The worst massacre of all time was the Nanking Massacre in 1937.
its the person who was in charge.
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5 million
you might be confused with the massacre at nanking. try googling that
The Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was a mass murder and war rape that occurred during the six-week period following the Japanese capture of the city of Nanjing (Nanking), the former capital of the Republic of China, on December 13, 1937Denial of the massacre (and a divergent array of revisionist accounts of the killings) has become a staple of Japanese nationalismMany Chinese people still have a strong sense of mistrust and animosity toward Japan that originates from the memory of Japanese war crimes such as the Nanking Massacre. This sense of mistrust is strengthened by the belief that Japan is unwilling to admit to and apologize for the atrocities."Denying Genocide: The Evolution of the Denial of the Holocaust and the Nanking Massacre," college research paper by Joseph Chapel, 2004
The Nanking Massacre was mass murder and rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing (Nanking).
The Nanking Massacre was mass murder and rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing (Nanking).
They were both mass murder of innocent people.