HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Iris Chang, Urban Legend
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Witnesses to war iii by prof. gail hart. December 13, 1937: japanese army enters the walled city. Estimates of 200,000-300,000 soldiers and civilians killed: the number on the memorial is 300,000, this particular massacre was terrible, done by hand to noncombatants, civilians. Emperor hirohito had released his troops from obeying these international conventions. Geographical location: west of shanghai (port city), which the japanese invaded first before moving onto nanking. Capitol of china, 1937: nanking means southern capital . City wall of nanking: massive city wall. The japanese had expected shanghai to fall much more quickly and easily. And they were angry at the chinese as they reached nanking. Nanking also refused to surrender at first: the japanese soldiers were war-weary and very angry. Education, military training, and samurai tradition had taught the men disdain for those who surrender rather than fight to the death.
