i would like to add,
many of the photos used to portray Rape of Nanking have been
proven inaccurate.
Some closer investigation showed that some beheading and
bayonetting are done by the PRC/KMT chinese back then.
Do remember that during the Rape of Nanking time, it is also
during the time PRC and KMT are also fighting each other despite a
ceasefire.
there are numerous cases that KMT entering a pro-PRC town or
vice versa will start plundering.
This was actually the main undermining factor.
Good insight into history, yes, i truly agreed.
The jap war with China was not the intention of KMT and Japan,
it was well planned by the soviet and PRC so as to
1. weaken the KMT.
2. Deviate Jap from invading Soviet (which was their original
interest)
3. Much of photos and film were mere propaganda just
to attract/recruit PRC members by showning that KMT cannot protect
them.
Therefore after the war, PRC was able to chase KMT away and
become the govt/ruler of China till this date.