Rape Of Nanking Episode 3: Subject To Change

How many people actually died in Nanking, and what happened after the Japanese Army took control of the city?

In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan return to Nanking in 1937 for the third and final chapter of one of the darkest stories we've ever covered. We examine the chaotic Chinese retreat, the collapse of the city's defenses, and the devastating aftermath of the Nanking Massacre.

We'll meet some of the foreigners who refused to abandon the people of Nanking, including John Rabe, Robert Wilson, and Wilhelmina Vautrin, three very different people who risked their own lives to protect thousands of civilians trapped inside the city. We'll explore the International Safety Zone, the eyewitness accounts that survived the massacre, and the attempts to document what was happening while Japanese authorities worked to control what the outside world would see.

We'll also look at the aftermath of the six weeks of horror, the Japanese occupation that followed, Unit Ei 1644, the war crimes trials, the men who were executed for their roles in the atrocities, and the senior Japanese officials who escaped prosecution.

And because this is Torture: A Dark History, Kevin and Dan bring their darkly irreverent sense of humor to a story that leaves very little to laugh about.

The Nanking Massacre remains one of the most horrific and controversial chapters of the Second Sino Japanese War, but behind the numbers are hundreds of thousands of individual lives, countless stories of survival, and the people who risked everything to make sure the world knew what happened.

If you love learning about the Rape of Nanking, Nanking Massacre, Japanese war crimes, John Rabe, Wilhelmina Vautrin, Robert Wilson, World War II history, Chinese history, military history, war crimes trials, true crime, dark history, torture history, and historical atrocities, this is the final chapter of our three part journey into Nanking.

Thank you to the Cryptic Soup podcast for starting off the show.

Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen.

The Sassholes Insta!!

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/curiosity

License code: 7QU9IW0B2IJBFZJY