Nanjing Massacre
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The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was the mass rape and murder, between December 1937 and March 1938, of Chinese civilians, noncombatants, and prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army
A Japanese soldier pictured with the corpses of Chinese civilians by the Qinhuai River
An article on the "Contest to kill 100 people using a sword" published in the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun. The headline reads, "'Incredible Record' (in the Contest to Cut Down 100 People) – Mukai 106–105 Noda – Both 2nd Lieutenants Go into Extra Innings".
A Japanese soldier poses with the severed head of one of his victims
Members of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone, including John Rabe (center) and John Magee (center right)
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
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Prince Yasuhiko Asaka was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family and served as a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion of China and the Second
Nanjing Massacre
…had also planned to use mustard gas and incendiary bombs to annihilate the capital and its population should the fighting have grown too intense. Prince Yasuhiko Asaka was installed as temporary commander in the campaign, and he issued an order to "kill all captives" before the city's capture. Matsui and Asaka took…
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Autochrome by Georges Chevalier, 1923
Prince Asaka as a colonel in the 1920s.