Japanese Massacre of Nanking
What Happened?
SUZAN
- In 1937, over a period of 6 weeks, Japanese Army Forces murdered hundreds of thousands of people.
- Almost 300,000 civilians were murdered
- 20,000-80,000 women were raped.
Tragic.
The bodies of masascre victims on the shore of Qinhai River
Where?
This happened in China by the Japanese
Where?
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/1194817101571/nanjing-massacre.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/11948171015...
Why did this happen?
NANKING MASSACRE
- The Japanese tried to take over the capital of China
- They were ordered to kill everyone
How does this affect us today?
XHOLINO
- Does not affect us very much as most of us had never heard about it in the first place
- However, it's a completely different story for the Chinese and Japanese as there's still tention over it even 70 years after it happened.
Why?
- Japanese and Chinese civialians are still showing hatred towards each other even 70 years later
- The Chinese started including this massacre in their history books and created museums.
- The Japanese also had no choice but t0 accept that they had done this in order to peacefully live with their neighboring country.
Why?
Sources
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/thoughts-on-the-nanjing-massacre/
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/1194817101571/nanjing-massacre.html
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