In 1937 the Japanese army were given orders to invade the capital of China. (Nanjing) In just 6 weeks, the Japanese managed to kill and rape over 300,000 to 600,000 Chinese citizens. A German business man named John Rabe drew up the Nanjing safety zone. He helped save over 450,000 citizens. After the atrocities were committed, the Japanese celebrated however once they started to get criticized, they started to deny that anything ever happened. The Japanese never got to go to trial because the evidence wasn't strong enough to take to court.
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