Nanjing Massacre is a flagrant violation of international treaties and basic human moral standards by the Japanese invaders, and it is one of the most prominent and representative examples of countless atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders in the war of aggression against China. During the Nanjing Massacre, The New York Times, Central Daily, Xinhua Daily and other Chinese and foreign media widely exposed the Nanjing Massacre.
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First, bombing.
Before the Japanese invaded Nanjing, they began to bomb the surrounding areas of Nanjing. On September 1937 and 19, Gu, commander of Japan's Third Fleet, ordered the indiscriminate bombing of Nanjing and others.
Second, slaughter.
1, mass mass massacre. There are about 50,000 troops entering the city, but only 17 gendarmes maintain military discipline. In addition to individual or small-scale killings of Nanjing residents at any time and place, the Japanese army also carried out many large-scale "massacres" against the people of China, especially the disarmed military and police personnel. Mass killing methods include machine gun shooting and collective burial. This is extremely cruel.
2. Killing contest. Encouraged by their officers, Mukai Toshiak and Noda Takeshi, two second lieutenants of Nakajima Army in the16th Division of the Japanese Army, met in a "killing contest" and agreed who would kill 65,438+000 people first. They went to Tangshan from Jurong. 65438, 10 At noon in February, they met at the foot of Purple Mountain, and each other's sabers had been cut off. Noda claimed to have killed 105 people, and Xiang Jing claimed to have killed 106 people.
Third, rape.
During the Japanese occupation of Nanjing, thousands of women were raped. They raped these women day and night in front of their families. Some women were raped several times by the Japanese army, and often some women could not bear the torture of the Japanese army and died. In addition, the Japanese army also forced incest. It is estimated that there may be more than 20,000 rapes at that time.
Fourth, cultural plunder.
According to the survey, after the Japanese invaders occupied Nanjing, they sent 330 spies, 367 soldiers and 830 hard laborers. From March 65438 to March 0938, in a month's time, more than a dozen trucks of books and documents were removed every day, and * * * snatched 880,000 books and documents, exceeding the 850,000 books of Ueno Imperial Library, the largest library in Japan at that time.
5.robbery and arson.
According to the investigation of Smythe, a member of the International Committee, 24% of the houses in the city were burned by arson; 62% of the houses outside the city were burned, and 78% of the houses outside Tongji Gate were burned. In Jiangning, Jurong, Lishui, Jiangpu and Liuhe (half counties), 300,800 houses were destroyed, accounting for 40% of the total number of houses in these areas, and most of them were burned.
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