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Safety Zone. One of these individuals was the head of the Nazi party in Nanking, named John Rabe. A man who had lived in the city for 30 years, working for the Siemens China Company, and had become deeply fond of the city. During the invasion by the Japanese, Rabe had been titled the head of the Safety Zone. Throughout the time of the Rape, Rabe was met with many challenges in running the Zone. This paper will address these issues and how Rabe dealt with them. The first issue that Rabe…

unique company of Japanese soldiers and their adventures across Burma. These soldiers returned home from World War II so cheerful and energetic that civilians thought the company had extra rations, but instead had kept up their morale through singing (Takeyama 1). Due to the book being published just a couple of years after the end of World War II and a focus of the book being the Buddhist culture of Burma, Takeyama contributed to a sense of false hope and amnesia that helped the Japanese…

The invasion of Shanghai lead to the Nanjing Massacre, which was also known as Nanking Massacre, and began in the end of 1937. This massacre involved the Chinese and the Japanese. Japanese forces killed around 300,000 Chinese people. The Japanese cruelty was incomparable, There were numerous ways that the Japanese took advantage of the Nanjing citizens. One example is how a large number of girls and women were raped, which lead to another name for the Nanjing Massacre, “Rape of Nanjing”.…

A century ago, in front of the Korea’s coastal waters, Japan and Russia had conflict over interests in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula, which is called Russo-Japanese War. At that era, Russian government was an imperial power and had many rebelling against the leader Czar Alexander II. After the incident, Czar Nicholas II obtained the sovereignty of Russia. However, because of too much internal revolution in Russia, they had to struggle with unstabilized government during the war. However,…

extraordinary degree.The deniers of the Nanking Massacre regularly start by exhibiting Japan as having "no expectation of beginning the war against China, the Sino-Japanese War.” They even say that the Japanese government offered a peace proposition in August of 1937. Their story is that the war was extended to Shanghai, as "the Japanese Army kept on torment from the adversary suppression. Eventually, a large portion of the Chinese Army pulled back from Shanghai and moved to Nanking. So as to…

and causes of the Second World War are quite numerous and are all different based on the many opinions of historians and their own understanding of the war in general. There are many leading factors to the war such as the rise of Italian Fascism, Japanese invasion and aggression towards China in the 1930s, and, primarily, the political takeover of Germany by Hitler with the establishment of the Nazi Party. Though beyond these, imperialism still remains an underlying factor that caused…

The Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, is widely considered to begin with the Marco Polo Bridge incident of July 1937 and end with the Japanese surrender in September 1945. I would argue that to understand the motives as to why Japan invaded China, it is essential to grasp their previous history of conflicts and tensions, beginning with the Japanese claim of Taiwan from China’s Qing Dynasty after the First Sino-Japanese war in 1895, right through to the invasion of Manchuria in 1931. This…

During the 18th century, Britain was trying to deal with China through diplomacy and economic reason in a way to make the Canton Trade system fair for both sides. Trade between the British and the Chinese was severely lopsided in China 's favour during the end of the 18th century. The reasons for this trade imbalance in China 's favour were mostly due to a difference in worldviews between Britain and China. Britain sought trade and another strong alliance in the pacific; and China believed it…

seek the best results from the direction he was given from his ruler to achieve. The ambassador could deliver a small message, represent his ruler, or attend a funeral or appointments of higher positions for princess/etc., but in a broad case both Japanese and Chinese diplomats were cultured ambassadors. Japan believed the…

later, Chiang was defeated by Mao Ze-dong and withdrew his army to Taiwan. This power transformation was not done overnight. Since the success of the Northern Expedition, Chiang’s government had been facing many difficult issues. In 1937, the Anti-Japanese War was weaken Chiang’s government even more. Around the same time, because of using the right straight, the Chinese Communist Party was getting stronger and stronger under Mao’s leadership. Chiang did not realize that and still decided to…