John Rabe attempted to use his Nazi Party membership to stave off this event by declaring "Safety Zones," but false declarations of armistice lured many back into areas such as the university farm, the fortress of Caoxiexia, and the foot of Mount Zijing, where two thousand were buried alive.
John Rabe attempted to use his Nazi Party membership to stave off this event by declaring "Safety Zones," but false declarations of armistice lured many back into areas such as the university farm, the fortress of Caoxiexia, and the foot of Mount Zijing, where two thousand were buried alive. The Yanagawa Corps enthusiastically carried it under the orders of Matsui Iwane, who was one of only two executed for this event in the subsequent war crimes tribunal. For 10 points, name this World War II massacre of about a quarter million civilians by Japanese forces in the former Chinese capital.
John Rabe attempted to use his Nazi Party membership to stave off this event by declaring "Safety Zones," but false declarations of armistice lured many back into areas such as the university farm, the fortress of Caoxiexia, and the foot of Mount Zijing, where two thousand were buried alive.
{Rape of Nanking} [accept {Nanking Massacre}; accept {Nánjīng Dà Túshā}; accept {Nankin Jiken}; accept {Nankin Dai Gyaku-satsu}; accept other equivalents with either Nanking or Nanjing as the name of the city]