The Rape of Nanking
1937-1938
300,000 Chinese killed by Japan
The six weeks after Japanese soldiers marched on China is known as the rape of Nanking, marking the single worst atrocity during the world war 2 era. They say the city of ran red with blood while burnings, stabbings, drownings, rapes, thefts and massive destruction was going on. It didn’t matter if you were young, old, white, black, female or male. They refer to Nanking as "hell on earth".