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The rape of nanking was absolutely horrific. I don't think its too different from remembering pearl harbor.
by MollyR 12y ago
The rape of nanking was absolutely horrific.
I don't think its too different from remembering pearl harbor.
- blacksmith_tb 12y agoAbsolutely. Note that the attack on Pearl Harbor killed about 2,400 people, while high estimates of the death toll for the Nanjing massacre are in the 300,000 range. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre
- sandstrom 12y agoAll correct. And to add to it, Nanjing was the China's capital at the time (the Japanese never bombed D.C. after all). This is a description by an American surgeon living in Nanjing at the time (it's horrendous): The slaughter of civilians is appalling. I could go on for pages telling of cases of rape and brutality almost beyond belief. [...] Last night the house of one of the Chinese staff members of the university was broken into and two of the women, his relatives, were raped. Two girls, about 16, were raped to death in one of the refugee camps. In the University Middle School where there are 8,000 people the Japs came in ten times last night, over the wall, stole food, clothing, and raped until they were satisfied. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre To the West's credit, Japan/Germany/US/Britain have mostly moved on from WW2. It's 60+ years ago, and almost everyone alive at the time is dead (except for the US Visa waiver, which still has a question about Nazis)[1]. But, reading about Japanese actions in Nanjing helps understand why there are bad feelings. [1] http://www.usvisalawyers.co.uk/images/I-94thumb.gif http://www.usvisalawyers.co.uk/images/I-94thumb.gif