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The '''Rape of [[Nanjing]]''' (aka Nanking), also known as the Nanjing Massacre, was a war crime committed by the [[Japan]]ese military during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. The Japanese army committed atrocities against the capital of Nationalist China, famously murder and rape. The death toll is disputed, but most estimates give a total of 100,000 to 300,000 soldiers and civilians killed. <ref>[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9054784/Nanking-Massacre Nanking Massacre]</ref> <ref>[http://www.cnd.org/njmassacre/nj.html#NJM Basic Facts on the Nanjing Massacre and the Tokyo War Crimes Trial]</ref> | The '''Rape of [[Nanjing]]''' (aka Nanking), also known as the Nanjing Massacre, was a war crime committed by the [[Japan]]ese military during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. The Japanese army committed atrocities against the capital of Nationalist China, famously murder and rape. The death toll is disputed, but most estimates give a total of 100,000 to 300,000 soldiers and civilians killed. <ref>[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9054784/Nanking-Massacre Nanking Massacre]</ref> <ref>[http://www.cnd.org/njmassacre/nj.html#NJM Basic Facts on the Nanjing Massacre and the Tokyo War Crimes Trial]</ref> | ||
| + | :In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst [[atrocity]] during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war.<ref>[http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:12, February 18, 2009
The Rape of Nanjing (aka Nanking), also known as the Nanjing Massacre, was a war crime committed by the Japanese military during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese army committed atrocities against the capital of Nationalist China, famously murder and rape. The death toll is disputed, but most estimates give a total of 100,000 to 300,000 soldiers and civilians killed. [1] [2]
- In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst atrocity during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war.[3]