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Jul 11, 2024 · Nanjing Massacre, mass killing and ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army after its seizure of Nanjing, China, in December 1937 during the Sino-Japanese War that preceded World War II. Casualty estimates for the massacre range from 100,000 to more than 300,000.
3 days ago · Nanjing, with a total land area of 6,598 km 2 (2,548 sq mi), is situated in the heartland of the drainage area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and in the Yangtze River Delta, one of the largest economic zones of China.
3 days ago · John Rabe. John Heinrich Detlef Rabe (23 November 1882 – 5 January 1950) was a German businessman and Nazi Party member best known for his efforts to stop war crimes during the Japanese Nanjing Massacre (also romanized as Nanking) and his work to protect and help Chinese civilians during the massacre that ensued.
Jul 19, 2024 · Nanjing, city, capital of Jiangsu sheng (province), east-central China. It is a port on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and a major industrial and communications centre. Rich in history, it served seven times as the capital of regional empires, twice as the seat of revolutionary government, once.
1 day ago · Unit 731 ( Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), [note 1] short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment [3] : 198 and the Ishii Unit, [5] was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological ...
Jul 13, 2024 · The Chinese government has preserved survivors' testimony, recorded in both written documents and video footage. These records of the massacre were listed by UNESCO in the Memory of the World Register in 2015. Photo. Xu Jiaqing, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, passed away at 96 on Monday.
Jul 18, 2024 · "It has been 85 years since the Nanjing Massacre happened, and the survivors are very old now," said Jennifer Cheung, president of the Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition, one of the organizers of Sunday's ceremony. "Their average age is 92 years old. In the past three years, 31 survivors have left us.
