21 déc. 1937 - The rape of Nanjing

Description:

- Japan captreed Najing mid-December(capital city of China at this time).
- the most horrendous battle of the Sino-Japanese war.
- the city was captured mid-december.
- they killed men of military age, raped and killed women and girls.
- By the time the soldiers entered Nanjing, Jiang Jieshi had already left and was setting up a new capital in Chongqing.
- stemmed from:
* racism: 'ants crawling on the ground'.
* built up anger from the amount of time it took to end Chinese resistance in Shanghai.

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