The Massacre
A few days after the city fell the massacre started in Nanking, and sox more weeks Japanese soldiers, hefted, raped, killed and dishonored thousands of people in , and near the city.
The killing started when the Japanese 66th Battalion get the command that they need to execute every prisoners. What happened after this was the darkest part of the World War II. The killing went all day and all night, non-stop, they killed 2,000 men. After killing of of the prisoners the Japanese turned their attention towards the women, and then the world largest and worst mass rape started. “No matter how young or old, they all could not escape from the fate of being raped”, said Kozo Takokoro former soldier. One woman was raped 15-20times and then when the Japanese we red finished they killed them. By 19th of December, they raped and killed thousands of women and men. “Women are being carried off every morning, afternoon and evening. The whole Japanese army seems to be free to go and come as it pleases, and to do whatever it pleases.”, wrote James M. McCallum in his diary. Everybody was shocked because of the events, even the Nazi soldiers said that they newer seen such a brutal thing. The killing went on and on, it seemed like it newer going to be ended. |
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