First, during world war II, the Japanese had a very strong will to become the biggest race of the pacific, but china was a major threat to their success during this time. During the 1930s, the capital of China was Nanking and which made it a good move on the Japanese side, to attack the capital so that they could weaken the Chinese government. According to Chang, in December 1937 there was an invasion that extended to almost eight weeks. The Nipponese army of japan brutally tortured and murdered the Nanking people who then could be considered prisoners of war since their city had been invaded by the Japanese people. Chang gives several accounts of how horrible these acts were when the Japanese army shot the Chinese by setting them on fire after pouring gasoline on them and then making them run. This was like a game to the Japanese army. Chang listed and described the kinds of torture that were visited upon the residents, including being buried alive, mutilation, "death by fire", "death by ice", and "death by dogs". Based on the testimony of a survivor of the massacre, Chang also described a killing contest amongst a group of Japanese soldiers to determine who could kill the fastest. On the rape that occurred during the massacre, Chang wrote that "certainly it was one of the greatest mass rapes in world history." She estimated that the number
First, during world war II, the Japanese had a very strong will to become the biggest race of the pacific, but china was a major threat to their success during this time. During the 1930s, the capital of China was Nanking and which made it a good move on the Japanese side, to attack the capital so that they could weaken the Chinese government. According to Chang, in December 1937 there was an invasion that extended to almost eight weeks. The Nipponese army of japan brutally tortured and murdered the Nanking people who then could be considered prisoners of war since their city had been invaded by the Japanese people. Chang gives several accounts of how horrible these acts were when the Japanese army shot the Chinese by setting them on fire after pouring gasoline on them and then making them run. This was like a game to the Japanese army. Chang listed and described the kinds of torture that were visited upon the residents, including being buried alive, mutilation, "death by fire", "death by ice", and "death by dogs". Based on the testimony of a survivor of the massacre, Chang also described a killing contest amongst a group of Japanese soldiers to determine who could kill the fastest. On the rape that occurred during the massacre, Chang wrote that "certainly it was one of the greatest mass rapes in world history." She estimated that the number