While Europe was struggling to hold off the Nazi war machine, China was fending off the Japanese invasion that first launched in late 1937.
But, all too often, when an atrocity has happened on the other side, we don’t hear much about it.Īlongside all the catastrophes that plagued Europe during World War II, the atrocities committed in Southeast Asia were every bit as disturbing - even if most of us in the West hardly ever learn about them in school.Īnd few of the atrocities committed in Asia during World War II were as terrible as the Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking.
We know all about the horrors that have happened on our side of the world.
