“Civilians Massacred!”
“Contest to Kill 100 Civilians
with a Sword!”
“Hospital Bombed!”
Do these lines
describe the Middle East today? No, they describe atrocities in China 75 years
ago. The Japanese had invaded China in 1937, and until the end of World War II
in 1945, the Japanese Army cut a path of murder, rape, and destruction across
the conquered territory. In Nanking in January, 1938, historians estimate that
at least 40,000 Chinese civilians were killed.
Each conquest of
new territory in China meant that the Japanese military believed it could do
anything, even though its victories came against disorganized Chinese fighters
with antiquated weapons and few leaders. The myth of Japan’s power and strength
against the world continued to grow, at least in the minds of the Japanese
themselves. They knew that the U.S. had only a token military presence in the
Pacific. Japanese leaders believed that Americans were a decadent, soft people…….To Read More…..
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