The+Rape+of+Nanking+(1937-1938)

__THE RAPE OF NANKING__  __1937-1938__

**Who Was Involved & The Reasoning Behind the Event.**
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ In 1 931, the Japanese occupied the Chinese country of Manchuria transforming it into a Japanese "puppet state" **(2)**. It was the first step in Japan's drive to control all of China. Six years would go by before the Japanese took the next step in their plan of controlling China.

In early July 1937, Japanese and Chinese troops clashed in an incident at the Marco Polo Bridge. Using this as reasoning the Japanese launched a full-blown assault on the city at the end of the month. It did not take long for the city and the surrounding area to fall to the Japanese. The fighting moved to the south in August when the Japanese attacked Shanghai and pursued the Chinese army up to the national capital. The Japanese began their attack on that city early in December,


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On December 13,1937 the Japanese army comitted a violent war against chinese citizens and soldiers for the capture of chinas capital city which was then, Nanking (Nanjing). To break the spirit of Chinese, Japanese General Matsui Iwane ordered that the city of Nanking be destroyed. Much of the city was burned, and Japanese troops launched a campaign of atrocities against Chinese civilians. In what became known as the "Rape of Nanking," This violent attack has also bin known as The Nanking Massacre, The Chinese holocaust, & The Forgotten holocaust of War World II. ‍‍ Thousands of victims were beheaded, burned, buried alive or disemboweled ** (1) **. The number of rape victims rages from 20,000-80,000. The Japanese raped women of all classes, and were constantly looking for them as they cunducted door to door searches and looted homes while dragging the men off for execution. women we raped in all times and places. Age was no concern for the Japanese soldiers they raped everyone from infants to elderly women. Many women died from constantly being raped. The few that survived found themselfs pregnant. According to an American sociologist in the city at the time of the massacre, Many half japanese childeren were secretly killed. To this day there has not bin any Chinese women to come foward and admit her child was a result of rape. ** (2) **

**[[image:democracide/810.gif width="326" height="272" align="right"]]Political & Social Impacts.**
To this day the Japanese government has refused to apologize for these and other World War II atrocities, Japanese society denies that they took place at all. There is a lot of disagreement over the historical record. The massacre is the subject of at least 10 dramatic and documentary films, several of them in production now, from China, Japan, the U.S., Europe and Canada. For example  Serious historians do not doubt that the massacre took place, but there is much disagreement over the details. Were 200,000 people killed or 300,000? Were 20,000 raped or 80,000? The whole truth may never be known. **(3)** In other words, the truth is obscured because the massacre is being used as a political football by leaders in both countries who are better served by retelling the more extreme versions of history.
 * __Ted Leonsis' Nanking__, which is about the Safety Zone, a refuge for Chinese in Nanjing set up by foreigners that presents a shocking picture of the rape, looting, and random execution visited on the civilian population by occupying troops. ** (3) **
 * On the other end of the spectrum, there is the yet-to-be-released __The Truth About Nanking__, by Japanese director Satoru Mizushima, who maintains the massacre is a myth and who has set about to debunk it with his film. ** (3) **

** The Reconcilliation: **
** (4) ** Six decades after the conclusion of World War II, China and Japan, remain apart from each other politically even as their economic ties are growing at a fast pace. Japan has now become Chinas most important trading partner and the exchanges on trade, culture and education have improved greatly since the two countries normalized their relations. Many Chinese people still have a strong sense of mistrust toward Japan. The mistrust comes from the memory of Japanese wartime atrocities such as the Nanking Massacre the mistrust is strengthened by the failure of reconciliation measures. China and Japan have not yet achieved a genuine reconcilliation after War World II.

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Sited Sources:
** 1* ** The Rape of Nanking: An Undeniable History in Photographs ** 2* ** The rape of Nanking: the forgotten holocaust of World War II By Iris Chang ** 3* ** Reevaluating the Rape of Nanjing By Coco Masters ** 4*  ** The Nanking Massacre, Justice and Reconciliation: A Chinese Perspective