Rape of Nanjing

Rape of Nanjing Memorial. When Nanjing, the then-capital of China, fell to Japan in 1937, the invading troops sought to make an example out of the city. The Nationalist government requested that the civilians stay behind, unaware of the fate that would befall them. In the following weeks, 300,000 unarmed Chinese soldiers and civilians were mercilessly raped, butchered, skinned, burned and buried alive. It is one of the darkest, terrifying episodes in human history.

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