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一篇英文描述南京大屠杀的始末/描述/评论

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The Nanking Massacre
monly known as the Rape of Nanking
was an infamous genocidal war crime mitted by the Japanese military in the capital of Nanjing
after it fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on December 13
1937. The duration of the massacre is not clearly defined
although the violence lasted well into the next six weeks
until early February 1938. During the occupation of Nanjing
the Japanese army mitted numerous atrocities
such as rape
looting
arson and the execution of prisoners of war and civili. Although the executions began under the pretext of eliminating Chinese soldiers disguised as civili
a large number of innocent men were intentionally identified as enemy batants and executed—or simply killed outright—as the massacre gathered momentum. A large number of women and children were also killed
as rape and murder became more widespread. The extent of the atrocities is debated beeen China and Japan
with numbers[1] ranging from some Japanese claims of several hundred
[2] to the Chinese claim of a non-batant death toll of 300
000[3]. A number of Japanese researchers consider 100
000 – 200
000 to be an approximate value.[4] Other nations usually believe the death toll to be beeen 150
000 – 300
000.[5] This number was first promulgated in January of 1938 by Harold Timperly
a journalist in China during the Japanese invasion
based on reports from contemporary eyewitnesses. Other sources
including Iris Chang's The Rape of Nanking
also promote 300
000 as the death toll. In addition to the number of victims
some Japanese critics have even disputed whether the atrocity ever happened. While the Japanese ernment has acknowledged the incident did occur[citation needed]
some Japanese nationalists have argued
partly using the Imperial Japanese Army's claims at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
that the death toll was military in nature and that no such civilian atrocities ever occurred. This claim has been criticised by various figures
citing statements of non-Chinese at the Tribunal
other eyewitnesses and by photographic and archaeological evidence that civilian deaths did occur. Condemnation of the massacre is a major focal point of Chinese nationali *** . In Japan
however
public opinion over the severity of the massacre remains widely divided - this is evidenced by the fact that whereas some Japanese mentators refer to it as the 'Nanking massacre' (南京大虐杀
Nankin daigyakusatsu?)
others use the more ambivalent term 'Nanking Incident' (南京事件
Nankin jiken?). However
this term can also refer to a separate Nanjing Incident that occurred during the 1927 Nationalist seizure of the city as a part of the Northern Expedition
in which foreigners in the city were attacked. The 1937 massacre and the extent of its coverage in school textbooks continues to be a point of contention and controversy in Sino-Japanese relations. Contents[hide] 1 Historical background 1.1 Invasion of China 1.2 Approach towards Nanjing 1.2.1 Nanking Safety Zone 1.3 Siege of the city 2 Atrocities begin 2.1 Rape 2.2 Murder 2.3 Theft and arson 3 Death toll estimates 3.1 Range and duration 3.2 Various estimates 4 The judgments (Tokyo trial) 5 Historiography and debate 5.1 Post-1972 Japanese interest 5.2 The Ienaga textbook incident 5.3 In Film 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links
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