The Nankin Massacre in China: Historically Forgotten

It is impossible to obtain absolute historical facts. History is often thought to be based on facts, data, and past events, but history itself is human prejudice, personal interpretation, personal interest, national interest, and cultural value. The occurrence of Nanjing looting continues to be interpreted like this. On December 12, 1937, the Japanese army launched genocide and rape against Nanjing China during the second Japan-China War.

For historical documents on war crimes in Japan, see Honda's victory, Nanjing massacre (Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1999). The text of this English translation comes from Katitsu's early Nanjing road (road to Nanjing) issued in 1987. Other materials (appendix) were taken from other works by the Nanjing massacre issued in 1971 and this book. The work of 1999 includes a wonderful "introduction to editor" by Frank Givenie. This is the best English commentary since the Japanese handled war crimes.

China's status as the main player of the Second World War is often overlooked and forgotten in the west. Japan's invasion of China that began in 1937 is ruthless and the infamous Nánjīng massacre (also known as Nanjing's rape) occurred between December 1937 and January 1938, which involves numerous cruelties to people It was an act. It is one. . Quo Mingtan had to give up their capital city Nanjing, and when the Japanese army arrived at the gate, the city did not have any defensive capabilities. Their commanders and the runaway Japanese soldiers were not restricted, hundreds of thousands of people died out, over the weeks of mass murder, rape and fortune destruction. However, this is only one of the series of war crimes committed by Japanese when conquering Eastern China. As the most powerful and prosperous region of the eastern coastal area of ​​China was lost due to the occupation of Japan, the government had to escape from the southeastern part of China's hinterland.

Historically, China saw imperialism. In the Sino-Japanese War, Japan invaded most of Manchuri and coastal cities in China and conquered it. Cities such as Nanjing and Hong Kong paralyzed by the Japanese army, massacred and raped civilians. The invasion of this imperialist and the Japanese army still brought contemporary tension. For example, in April 2005, Japanese junior high school textbooks minimized the atrocities in Nanjing and said the Holocaust was "an event". Thousands of Chinese protested against the violation of textbooks and the tension of Japan and China increased due to the approval of state protest action over three weeks.