THE NANKING MASSACRE

GENERAL FACTS

• The Nanking Massacre started December 13th, 1937
• The Chinese removed all troops from Nanking
• The Chinese left the civilians to defend themselves
• The Chinese forbid evacuating
• The war lasted 6 weeks

THE DENIAL STAGE

• The Japanese denied all they did
• They claimed they never hurt civilians or raped women
• They claimed they never let their own civilians know what truly happened
• They claimed they didn't brutally kill people

WHAT REALLY OCCURRED

• They pillaged through the villages
• They raped all women they found
• They made families watch as their daughters were raped
• They killed children
• They published a book about it all in japan

CONTINUED...

• They took civilians and used them as dummies while alive
• They tied them to a tree and stabbed them
• They laughed as they cut their heads off

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NO JUSTICE

• The Nanking Massacre is not well known
• The Japanese were never put on trial
• There were no punishments

THE AFTERMATH

• The Japanese lost about 50,000 soldiers
• The Chinese lost 300,000 soldiers and civilians

Works Cited

Chang, Iris. The Rape of Nanking. New York and Tokyo: Ishi, 1997. Print.

"Genocide in the 20th century." N.P., n.d. Web

"Kubo, Arimasa. www.2.biglobe.ne.jp. N.P., n.d. Web.

"Nanking Massacre." Wikipedia.com N.P., n.d. Web.

"Nanking Massacre." Historychannel.com N.P. n.d. Web.

THE NANKING MASSACRE