The Nanking Massacre Not many people know or understand what really happened in Nanking, China during the Nanking Massacre. The Nanking Massacre, also known as “The Rape of Nanking,” is an example of inhuman treatment by the Japanese Army to Chinese civilians. In the incident, many Chinese civilians were tortured, raped and murdered. The torture that the Japanese applied to the native population at Nanking almost surpasses the limits of human comprehension and includes live burials, mutilation and dog attacks. Japanese soldiers would force one group of Chinese captives to dig a grave, a second group to bury the first, and then a third group to bury the second and so on.
Today the survivors of the Nanking Massacre, now in their seventies and eighties, still recount the terrible things that happened over six weeks in 1937. Their voices tremble as they recount their memories, repeating over and over how they hate the Japanese. The Rape of Nanking was one of the most terrible atrocities ever recorded in history, and it happened only in the last century, between two countries we think of today as among the most civilized in the world. Yet it seems we have mostly forgotten about it, the Chinese government covering it to protect their trading status with Japan and Japan mostly denying it ever happened. The Japanese army, determined to take China and use its vast resources to fuel their defeat of the Oriental half of the world, marched through China in 1937, laying waste to everything they marched through.
Adriana Brown Ms. Wheelock Hour 4 7 November 2011 Genocide in the 20th Century: The Rape of Nanking 1937-1938 Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre also known as Rape of Nanking, was a mass murder, genocide 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, 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. During this period hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers were murdered and 20,000–80,000 women were raped by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. The estimation death toll in the massacre has not been achieved because most of the Japanese military records on the killings were deliberately destroyed or kept secret shortly after the surrender of Japan in 1945. Although, the military estimated more than 200,000 casualties in the incident, China's official estimate is about 300,000 casualties, based on the evaluation of the Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal. The actual military invasion of Nanking was preceded by a tough battle at Shanghai that began in the summer of 1937.
World History II 26 April 2013 The word genocide is defined as: the deliberate killing of a large group of people of those of a particular ethnic group or nation. On December 13, 1937 Japanese troops invaded the Chinese city of Nanking; this was to be known as one of, if not the most horrific events in history. Even the Nazi party was horrified by these events. The Rape of Nanking, or Nanjing Datusha, as it is known as in China, wiped out an entire city full of art and history. Although this was true, it is often referred to as the “forgotten Holocaust”.
In these winter months there were signs of the country’s morale and unity breaking, it was not helped when Germany was hit with an influenza epidemic, wiping out 20-40 million, the resistance to the disease was lowered due to decline in living conditions. Inflation was also a problem facing Germany after the war, the people were forced to work longer hours, but wages still fell below the inflation rate. As a result of these effects social discontent grew, and anger was expressed at sharks of the industry who appeared to be making money from the war. The
The Rape of Nanjing Many genocides are forgotten by most people. One of these genocides is Nanjing. Nanjing, also known as Nanking, was a brutal mass murdering of the Chinese by the Japanese that took place in the capital of china, Nanjing, during the 1930's. They took everything from the Chinese citizens such as their homes, money, and their most valuable items. They were deprives of everything they earned through hard work.
How far were the consequences of the German inflation disastrous for Germany in 1923? (30 marks) The impact of hyperinflation was huge and caused havoc all across Germany. It has been claimed that the worst consequence of the inflation was the damage done to the German middle class. Inflation occurred as a result of a number of events including passive resistance, Germany’s debts from war reparations forcing Germany to continue to borrow more and more money. Germany was bankrupted after WW1 and robbed of its ability to feed itself and pay war reparations without printing money.
Nanjing had a population of well over one million that was mainly made up of people that where fleeing from the Japanese army that started to invade China. The Japanese military was motivated by their aggression and uncontrollable desire for expansion and imperialism. When Japan launched their attack on the city of Nanjing, China had no choice but to surrender the city (Yao). The next six weeks the capital was filled with brutal inhuman and terribly violent acts now known as the “Nanjing Massacre,” or “The Rape of Nanjing” (Gray). Terror filled the streets of Nanjing; Japanese forced their way into the homes of innocent Chinese civilians.
The country was faced with huge losses in manpower and economic destruction after the war, despite being one of the victors. The country was mourning the loss of an entire young male generation. With the onset of the Great Depression, the French people felt the democratic system had failed them and so they looked to extremist organisations to lead them. As the international situation was worsening, it became clear that the instability in France from 1920 to 1940 meant the nation was divided, depressed and in danger of being captured by the Germans in 1940. Immediately after the First World War, there was a period of political instability with the election of four different Prime Ministers in three years.
So is conflict always bad? There have been many examples of conflicts which have been bad, and have lead to much suffering and pain for those involved. These conflicts are the ones that are most heard of and give the conflict its negative connotation. Examples like the Tiananmen Square Massacre where thousands of unarmed students were killed while protesting against the government for disgracing Hu Yaobang, who was a general party secretary of the Chinese communist party that advocated a transparent government and removal of some control from the government. The protests continued for months before military intervention forced an end killing many in the process.