Summary: The Rape Of Nanking

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The Rape of Nanking ended when the Japanese decided to "restore order" and show everyone that they didn't do anything wrong. The Japanese knew that people were starting to find out what had happened, so they decided to cut back on the massacring in Nanking to not draw attention (Brook 68). Japan just wanted to make the world believe that they didn’t do anything wrong. They restored order in China and tried to make it as functioning as possible however, a good majority of the citizens did not want to come back because they were still afraid of Japan (Brook 69). Nevertheless, the end of the Chinese suffering and Japanese rule finally came to an end when the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Japan in 1945. This finally marked the time that the Chinese could go back to normal and try not to listen to the music (Chang 167). Slowly the population of Nanking grew and people started to accept the Japanese rule. Yet, the citizens still remained on …show more content…
An estimated 278,586 people were murdered. Also, there were between 8,000 and 20,000 rapes that occurred (Levine 223). The survivors of Nanking had to start over with nothing. Many had severe depression and other issues because of what they encountered. The people had to learn to cope with the tragedy they went through (Levine 234). However, after the trauma they still had left to move on from, many thought an apology was needed. The Chinese however, did not receive anything from Japan (Levine 235). To pay tribute and show respect for the more than 300,000 victims who faced immense torture during the Nanking Massacre, a Memorial Hall was built. This is a way for the people to have a little bit of closure after what happened (Brook). Even though China did not get an apology, they still want to make it known what happened to hopefully stop something like this from happening

Summary: The Rape Of Nanking

and military occupation of the region is complete within six months. During the Marco Polo Bridge Incident on July, 1937, Japan on the guise of a military exercise launch an assault on the city of Nanking. With the city captured and subject to months of destruction, led to the tragedy of The Rape Of Nanking with 300,000 Chinese civilians dead. In the following years between November 1938 and…

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Summary: The Rape Of Nanking

The Rape of Nanking was a historical event in which the genocide of the Chinese people occurred during the siege of the city in 1937. The events before the actual siege define the role of the Japanese army in allowing the corrupt and immoral leadership of Prince Asaka and General Matsui to oversee the military operations. Under this leadership, the Japanese troops did not follow policies of international ware agreements, which led to the rape of women and the genocidal practices of genocidal extermination…

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11/7/2015 Genocide Research Paper The Rape of Nanking was an act of genocide that was carried out by personnel from the Japanese military against Chinese civilians during the Second Sino-Japanese War, which lasted from 1937 to 1945. It bears its infamous name due to the fact that many women were subject to forcible rape en masse by soldiers. However, it also featured extrajudicial killings, beheadings, looting, arson, and other…

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organizations treat specific groups of people as if they are less than everyone else, even though they are still humans themselves. The Rape of Nanking was a war between the Japanese army and the civilians of China. The Rape of Nanking symbolized the great evil of Japan, being that it was a very brutal and catastrophic genocide. In the years of 1937 and 1938, the Rape of Nanking was, like stated above, a war between the Japanese Imperial Army and the Chinese people. The war started on December 13, 1927…

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The Rape of Nanking is a book that has detailed accounts of the horrific events of 1937 in Nanking after the Japanese invaded and slaughtered, raped, mutilated, and tortured Chinese people for six-to-eight weeks. Iris Chang refers to the Rape of Nanking by calling it the ‘forgotten Holocaust’ and draws a connection to the World War II victims. The Rape of Nanking isn’t discussed very much due to the survivors who feel greatly humiliated by the event and the Japanese try to hide this part of history…

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