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Music Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War, Episode 55, the Second Sino-Japanese War Part 6, the Nan King Massacre.

This week, a big thank you goes out to EFB for the donation and the

wonderful email and to Bernard Martin and JFC for their support on Patreon. You can find out

more about how to support the podcast over at History of the Second World War.com slash members.

In an unrelated note, I recently appeared on a stream with a few naval historians to discuss

the anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. It was about two and a half hours long, and you can

find a link to the YouTube video in the episode description. Go check it out if that sounds interesting

to you. When the Japanese army arrived outside Nan King, they were just days away from committing one

of the most infamous acts of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The event would be known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking.

What we know of events in Nanking from December 13, 1937 to January 1938 comes to us mostly

from foreign observers that were in the city at the time of

the events. The Japanese would severely limit their portrayals of events and would continue to claim

that they were simply taking necessary actions to remove military elements from the city.

Most of the Chinese officials and press that might have recorded events were either themselves

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