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| The '''Rape of Nanking''' refers to the widespread atrocities conducted against Chinese | |||
| civilians in Nanking after its fall to Japanese troops in 1937. Although some | |||
| Japanese historians either deny the existence of atrocities or seek to minimize them, | |||
| the events following the fall of Nanking are well documented by journalists and other | |||
| eyewitnesses and are not disputed by most historians. | |||
| Reports of Japanese brutality against Chinese civilians by American reporters helped | |||
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| turn American public opinion against Japan and lead to a series of events which culminated | |||
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| in the Japanese attack on ]. | |||
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The Rape of Nanking refers to the widespread atrocities conducted against Chinese civilians in Nanking after its fall to Japanese troops in 1937. Although some Japanese historians either deny the existence of atrocities or seek to minimize them, the events following the fall of Nanking are well documented by journalists and other eyewitnesses and are not disputed by most historians.
Reports of Japanese brutality against Chinese civilians by American reporters helped turn American public opinion against Japan and lead to a series of events which culminated in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
See also; Nanjing Massacre