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From Shanghai's Defiance to Nanjing's Tragedy: How Three Months of Resistance Shaped a Massacre
Japanese soldiers engaged in battle in front of a large Coca-Cola ad on North Sichuan Road The Japanese military expected Shanghai to fall in three days. Instead, Chinese forces held out for three months in savage urban combat that cost Japan over 40,000 casualties. When the Imperial Army finally broke through and marched toward Nanjing in late November 1937, they carried with them a rage born from humiliation, unexpected losses, and shattered illusions of racial superiority.
The Evidence That Changed History: George Fitch's Dangerous Mission from Nanking
Life Magazine, May 16, 1938, published Fitch's photographs and excerpts from his written accounts of 'The Rape of Nanking.' I n February...
Beyond Massacre: Why History Calls It ‘The Rape of Nanking’
The phrase "Rape of Nanking" carries a deliberate double meaning that captures both the literal sexual violence and the metaphorical...
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