Asaka13 December 1937
20,000 women & girls are gang raped by the Japanese, male prisoners are shot. 20,000 Chinese men are marched out of the city & used for bayonet practice. 1st day of the rape of Nanking, orderred by Asaka
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20,000 women & girls are gang raped by the Japanese, male prisoners are shot. 20,000 Chinese men are marched out of the city & used for bayonet practice. 1st day of the rape of Nanking, orderred by Asaka
Helps oversee Japanese looting
Helps oversee Japanese looting
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