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Healing after WWII
After WWII ended in 1945, there we’re many aspects of society that would need to be rehabilitated, with actual people being near the top of that list. Among these people in need were the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, which decimated the cities and killed thousands upon thousands of people. The Hiroshima Maidens …
Modern Memory Affected by Images?
The Japanese military atrocities in the Chinese city of Nanking are regarded as being some of the worst in human history, with hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens killed, beaten, raped, tortured, and bullied by the Japanese soldiers. It is not my intention to doubt the severity of the destruction or the brutality of the … Continue reading “Modern Memory Affected by Images?”
French Ideas for a Postwar World Order
The reconstruction of France and France’s place in the postwar world political arena was on the mind of French political leaders as World War Two came to a close and in the immediate aftermath. As apart of preparing for the future the French commissioned a study called “Outline of a Doctrine of French Policy”. This … Continue reading “French Ideas for a Postwar World Order”
The Rape of Nanking
In the western world when anyone thinks of wartime atrocities their mind immediately goes to the Holocaust during World War II. The systematic extermination of Jewish people by Hitler’s Nazi regime is widely considered one of the most abominable acts of violence by man against other men in the history of the world. The Rape … Continue reading “The Rape of Nanking”
Nanjing Massacre: Fact or Fiction
The articles and video provided to us discussed the Japanese assault on Nanjing. During the late 1930’s, Japan started to invade China, they had set their sights on Nanjing. Nanjing was the capital of China until the government moved the capital more inland from the Japanese. When the Japanese reached Nanjing there appears to be … Continue reading “Nanjing Massacre: Fact or Fiction”
The Nanking Massacre (?)
From 1931-1932, the Japanese Imperial army took over Manchuria, and in July of 1937, the Second Sino-Japanese War began. In December of this war, a battle occurred in Nanking between the Chinese and Japanese. Or was it a massacre of the Chinese by the Japanese? In her book, “The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust […]
The Past is gone from those who Ignore it
From late 1937 to early 1938, a genocide occurred in Manchuria, China and is named the Rape of Nanjing. There exists enormous evidence to support this statement in the form of photographs, oral histories, public records, diary accounts, and more. Continue reading The Past is gone from those who Ignore it→
Forgotten Holocaust
From the American perspective, when one mentions atrocities committed during the Second World War, the mind jumps to Nazi Germany and their attempted extermination of Jews and all other groups that threatened to disturb their ethnic purity and destiny of domination. Next, the mind may land on the Soviets under Stalin, who killed around 40…
Rewriting History
The Second Sino-Japanese War is a conflict that lives deep in the hearts and memories of many people throughout the world. It was a monumental conflict in terms of scope of warfare and casualties, as well as the implications that resulted from it. It is odd therefor, that many people throughout the world, particularly in […]
Fact or Fiction: Why is there a dispute on the Nanking Massacre?
Take a second to look at the picture to the right. What do you see? This picture was created to show just how things can be intentionally morphed into a totally different image. Usually these things are a product of… Continue Reading →
