Nanjing: Our Point of View
In regards to the events that transpired due to the actions of the Japanese military force in 1937, there have been many accounts and retellings of those events. Throughout the decades people have used different words to describe what happened: a rape, a battle, an Invasion, or a massacre. Judging by the details of the event and the atrocities that were committed by the Japanese, the word Massacre would be the closest word to describe this tragic part of Chinese History.
The word “Massacre” is defined as deliberately and/or violently killing a large number of people. Though the numbers vary greatly throughout history , there is no doubt that at the very least, tens of thousands of people were murdered. An estimated 200,000- 300,000 thousand people have died in this tragedy according to. These weren’t just soldiers that died in the line of duty during a battle. The bodycount included mostly residents of Nanjing. These people were killed in extremely excruciating ways. Entire families were massacred, the elderly and children couldn’t escape the wrath of those Japanese men. The Japanese looted and then buried nearly one-third of Nanjing’s buildings. This wasn’t just a disagreement between countries. Nanjing didn’t stand a chance against …show more content…
For example a large part of the Nanjing incident had to do with the Japanese sexually abusing as many Chinese woman as they could find. It was so bad that there are some people that refer to it as “The Rape of Nanjing”.Which is arguably a better name to label this event. After all it was estimated that nearly 20,000 women were raped during that time. The soldiers would threaten the lives of the women if they didn’t comply with their disgusting desires. Many of the survivors were traumatised because they were exposed to all of that at such a young
In regards to the events that transpired due to the actions of the Japanese military force in 1937, there have been many accounts and retellings of those events. Throughout the decades people have used different words to describe what happened: a rape, a battle, an Invasion, or a massacre. Judging by the details of the event and the atrocities that were committed by the Japanese, the word Massacre would be the closest word to describe this tragic part of Chinese History.
The word “Massacre” is defined as deliberately and/or violently killing a large number of people. Though the numbers vary greatly throughout history , there is no doubt that at the very least, tens of thousands of people were murdered. An estimated 200,000- 300,000 thousand people have died in this tragedy according to. These weren’t just soldiers that died in the line of duty during a battle. The bodycount included mostly residents of Nanjing. These people were killed in extremely excruciating ways. Entire families were massacred, the elderly and children couldn’t escape the wrath of those Japanese men. The Japanese looted and then buried nearly one-third of Nanjing’s buildings. This wasn’t just a disagreement between countries. Nanjing didn’t stand a chance against …show more content…
For example a large part of the Nanjing incident had to do with the Japanese sexually abusing as many Chinese woman as they could find. It was so bad that there are some people that refer to it as “The Rape of Nanjing”.Which is arguably a better name to label this event. After all it was estimated that nearly 20,000 women were raped during that time. The soldiers would threaten the lives of the women if they didn’t comply with their disgusting desires. Many of the survivors were traumatised because they were exposed to all of that at such a young