RAPE OF NANKING (dec 13, 1937 – jan 30, 1938)

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During the Japanese-Sino war, Nanking (the capital of China, fell to the Japanese Forces. Whilst the Government fled to Hankow, further inland down the Yangtze River.
To break Chinese resistance - the general of Japa ordered for the city of Nanking to be completely destroyed. Majority of the city was burned, and the rest was ruined. Not only was the city's infrastructure destroyed. Its civilians were abused beyond belief. The Japanese soldiers launched a campaign of atrocities. In what became known as the “Rape of Nanking,” the Japanese killed an estimated 150,000 male “war prisoners,” massacred an additional 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of all ages, many of whom were mutilated or killed in the process.

Shortly after WWII ended, the Japanese General Matsui was found guilty of war crimes and was executed.