Japanese army invades the city of Nanking

- On 13th December 1937 during World War II

- Synopsis d. Bhatt

- Part-2

- In six weeks Japanese soldiers killed 2.60 lakh Chinese

- Brutal rape of 25,000 to 60,000 Chinese women and girls by Japanese soldiers

Irish Chang also provides some comparative statistics of civilian casualties in some European countries in World War II to give the reader an idea of ​​the brutality and severity of the atrocities committed in Nanking.

Japanese soldiers killed approximately 260,000 men, women, children and Chinese soldiers in the Chinese city of Nanking in a short period of about 42 to 45 days and raped about 25,000 to 60,000 women and girls. .

Such a massive massacre and rape of thousands of women took place in a short period of just 42 days.

Against this figure of Nanking, now look at the figures of massacres in several European countries during the five-six years of the Second World War - 61,000 civilians were killed in Great Britain, 1,08,000 in France, 1,01,000 in Belgium and 2,42,000 in the Netherlands. ..!

Going forward, Irish Chang has noted that America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in August 1945, killing 1,40,000 and 70,000 civilians respectively.

Against this, Japanese soldiers killed millions of people in the city of Nanking in just six to seven weeks.

Irish Chang, the writer of Llai Ichhai Rinkh Shachshanshay, writes that although my parents did not witness the Great Massacre of Nanking because they were both children at that time, they learned the heart of the Great Atrocities of Nanking from my grandparents, grandchildren and other relatives. Heard many shocking things and then he told me all those things.

According to what I have heard, the Japanese soldiers cut the small children into three or three pieces, not one or two. Due to the large-scale human killings that took place in the city of Nanking, the Yangtze River, which flows near the city, flowed blood-red water for days.

The current capital of China is Beijing, but during the Second World War period, a city named Nanking was the capital of China.

On December 13th, 1937, Japanese soldiers surrounded Nanking from all sides and occupied it.

Now an important question is why Japanese soldiers massacred millions of civilians and Chinese soldiers in Nanking city?

The conclusion reached by Irish Chang, author of the book, after delving into the National Archives and other historical documents, is quite startling.

Five or six days before the invasion of Nanking, the commander of the Japanese army was suddenly changed. The Japanese army besieged the city of Nanking from all sides, and at the same time the commander of the Japanese army, General Matsui, fell ill. His old illness of TB had flared up again.

At that time, Emperor Hirohito of Japan took back the charge of general from Matsui and gave the charge of general to his uncle Prince Ashaka Yasuhiko.

Prince Ashaka of the Raj Gharana was entrusted with the responsibility of commander-in-chief of all the battalions of the Japanese army in the Nanking area, and now all the power of the Nanking front was in his hands.

Why did the Japanese emperor suddenly put Prince Ashaka on the post of military general at such a critical time? No specific details are available about it.

Just five or six days before the mass massacre and the scandalous rape of thousands of women in Nanking, a big game was being played behind the scenes among the top military officers.

Prince Ashaka of the Raj Gharana, to whom the Japanese Emperor gave full command of the army at Nanking, was not at all trusted by General Matsui. Matsui feared that Prince Ashaka would abuse his power and that his troops would become unruly and misbehave in Nanking.

Hence Matsui issued a decree of "Moral Commandments" to be enforced during the march on Nanking.

According to his decree, only a few of the most disciplined battalions of the Japanese army stationed outside the city limits of Nanking were to enter Nanking and take control of the city, so that the Chinese would have a good impression of the Japanese army.

Mansui himself was bedridden, yet he called a meeting of some army officers at his 'bedside'.

Elaborating on the ``moral commandments'' to the military officers, Matsui said that the entry of the Japanese ``Imperial Army'' into a foreign capital would remain a major historical event. The whole world is paying attention to this event. Therefore, not a single unit of the army should enter Nanking by spreading chaos. Not a single soldier of our army should plunder Nanking. If any Japanese soldier loots or fires recklessly, he will be severely punished.

Mansui towards this; Discipline and morals were taught to the soldiers, but on the other hand the opposite was happening.

On the eighth of December, 10 km south east of Nanking. Prince Ashaka met General Nakajima at the headquarters of the distant Japanese army. Prince Ashaka and General Nakajima had worked together in Paris, so they had a strong friendship.

Nakajima informed the Prince that our army was now preparing to completely surround the three hundred thousand Chinese troops entrenched near Nanking, but according to the preliminary information we received it was learned that the Chinese army was ready to surrender to us.

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