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The Nanjing Massacre
From City’s Fall in 1937 to Controversies in the 1990s
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Introduction
Introduction I: Battle of Shanghai
Introduction I: Battle of Shanghai
The bilateral conflict between China and Japan developed into a full-scale war on July 7, 1937.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 21, 2020
Introduction II: From Shanghai to Nanking
Introduction II: From Shanghai to Nanking
On December 10, 1937, Japanese troops launched an all-out attack on the walled city of Nanking.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 21, 2020
Fall of Nanking
Fall of Nanking I: What Foreign Journalists Witnessed
Fall of Nanking I: What Foreign Journalists Witnessed
Only five foreign journalists stayed in Nanking during the siege and the first few days of Japanese occupation in December 1937.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 21, 2020
Fall of Nanking II: What Japanese Journalists Witnessed
Fall of Nanking II: What Japanese Journalists Witnessed
There were over 100 Japanese journalists in Nanking when the city was captured 1937.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 22, 2020
Fall of Nanking III: The Safety Zone and American Missionaries
Fall of Nanking III: The Safety Zone and American Missionaries
Even after the Chinese government departed the city, a small number of Western businessmen and missionaries chose to remain in 1937.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 22, 2020
Confessions
Confessions I: Killing Prisoners of War
Confessions I: Killing Prisoners of War
Mounting evidence of the Nanking Massacre was unearthed by a war veterans’ organization, Kaikosha, in Japan in the 1980s.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 22, 2020
Confessions II: The Yamada Detachment
Confessions II: The Yamada Detachment
In the 1980s Ono Kenji investigated the Nanjing Massacre by interviewing over 200 Japanese war veterans, gathering 24 wartime diaries.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 25, 2020
Confessions III: Rape and Pillage
Confessions III: Rape and Pillage
Overwhelming evidence shows Japanese soldiers abducted women and sexually assaulted them during the occupation of Nanjing.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 25, 2020
Psychological Warfare
Psychological Warfare I: Chinese propaganda
Psychological Warfare I: Chinese propaganda
Not only the Japanese but also the Chinese government imposed a strict media blackout and carried on propaganda campaigns during the war.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 27, 2020
Psychological Warfare II: Japanese propaganda
Psychological Warfare II: Japanese propaganda
Throughout the Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Army of Japan imposed a strict media blackout.
Journalistic Historian
Jul 27, 2020
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