The Rape of Nanjing, also known as the Nanjing Massacre or Chinese Holocaust, was a violent capture of China’s capital by the Japanese in 1937-1938. An estimated 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were killed, and horrific acts of violence, including rape and murder, were committed. The Japanese government did not adequately apologize, and Iris Chang’s […]

The Rape of Nanjing was a period of wartime atrocities committed by Japanese forces in the Chinese city of Nanjing in late 1937 and early 1938. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed, raped, and tortured. The Nanjing Rape has remained a point of contention between China and Japan since the end […]