The Nanjing Massacre

On December 13, 1937, Japanese invaders broke through Nanjing and carried out a massacre of unimaginable brutality. In the weeks that followed, the Japanese troops who entered the city, emboldened by their sense of superiority as occupiers, brutally slaughtered more than 300,000 Chinese defenders who had laid down their arms, along with ordinary civilians. They left a wound in the hearts of the Chinese people and in the history of the Chinese nation that can never truly heal... Drawing deeply on the blood and tears of the Chinese people, the author writes with immense force. Detailed facts, firsthand sources, and many little-known historical truths shock readers, while pointed questions prompt them to reflect deeply on the history of the Nanjing Massacre and consider the present-day significance of its lessons.