Detailed introduction of Nanjing massacre

The Nanjing Massacre refers to the period from 193 1 to 1945 in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China. After the failure of defending Nanjing in the Republic of China and the fall of Nanjing in 1937+02+ 13, the Japanese invaders invaded Nanjing and its surrounding areas under the command of the commander of the Central China Dispatching Army Matsui Shigen and the head of the Sixth Division Gu Shoufu.

The Nanjing Massacre was an atrocity committed by the Japanese invaders in flagrant violation of international treaties and basic human moral standards, and it was one of the most prominent and representative examples of countless atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders in the war of aggression against China. During the Nanjing Massacre, The New York Times, Central Daily News, Xinhua Daily and other Chinese and foreign media widely exposed the Nanjing Massacre.

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First, bombing.

Before the Japanese invaded Nanjing, they began to bomb the surrounding areas of Nanjing. Gu, commander of Japan's Third Fleet, ordered the indiscriminate bombing of Nanjing and other cities.

Second, the holocaust.

1, mass mass massacre. About 50,000 troops entered the city, but only 17 gendarmes performed military discipline maintenance. In addition to individual or small-scale killings of Nanjing residents at any time and place, the Japanese army also carried out several large-scale "massacres" against the people of China, especially the disarmed military and police personnel. Mass killing methods include machine gun shooting and collective burial. This is very cruel.

2. Killing contest. Encouraged by the officers, Lieutenant Mukai Toshiak and Noda Takeshi of Nakajima, the 1st16th Division of the Japanese Army, met in a "killing contest" and decided who would kill 65,438,000 people first. They went to Tangshan from Jurong. 65438, 10 At noon in February, they met under the Purple Mountain, and each other's sabers had been cut off. Noda claimed to have killed 105 people, and Xiang Jing claimed to have killed 106 people.

Third, rape.

During the Japanese occupation of Nanjing, thousands of women were raped. They raped these women day and night in front of their families. Some women have been raped several times by the Japanese army, and often some women can't stand the torture of the Japanese army and die. In addition, the Japanese army also forced incest. It is estimated that there may be more than 20,000 rapes at that time.

Fourth, cultural plunder.

According to the survey, after the Japanese invaders occupied Nanjing, they sent 330 agents, 367 soldiers and 830 hard laborers. From March 65438 to March 0938, it took a month to remove more than a dozen trucks of books and documents every day, and * * * snatched 880,000 books and documents, exceeding the collection of 850,000 books in Ueno Imperial Library, the largest library in Japan at that time.

5.robbery and arson.

According to the investigation of Smythe, a member of the International Committee, 24% of the houses in the city were burned by arson; 62% of the houses outside the city were burned, and 78% of the houses outside Tongji Gate were burned. In Jiangning, Jurong, Lishui, Jiangpu and Liuhe (half counties), 300,800 houses were destroyed, accounting for 40% of the total number of houses in these areas, and most of them were burned.

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