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Analyzing the “Photographic Evidence” of the Nanking Massacre

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“The Katagiri unit entering <strong>the</strong> city <strong>of</strong>Changzhou.” Mainichi-ban shina-jihengahō, no. 13, 21 December 1937, p. 18.Two hundred thousand civilians took refuge in <strong>the</strong> “safety zone”The following is a chronological summary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> developments in <strong>Nanking</strong>during <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Japanese forced march toward <strong>the</strong> city.Thursday, November 11: Chiang Kai-shek decided to fight for <strong>the</strong> defense <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nanking</strong>and appointed Tang Shengzhi as <strong>the</strong> commander <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Nanking</strong> garrison force.Tuesday, November 16: Chiang secretly decided to abandon <strong>Nanking</strong>, and ordered <strong>the</strong>evacuation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> government <strong>of</strong>fices within three days.Friday, November 19: Fifteen Westerners living in <strong>Nanking</strong> formed an internationalcommittee, with John H.D. Rabe as its chairman, to organize a safety zone modeled on asafety zone undertaken in <strong>the</strong> French settlement in Shanghai (<strong>the</strong> Jacquinot Zone).“Imperial forces marching valiantlytoward <strong>Nanking</strong>.” Chūshi o yuku[March in Central China], p. 52.“The Japanese army in Jiading: Chinesefarmers welcoming imperial forces.”Mainichi-ban shina-jihen gahō, no. 11, 1December 1937, p. 19.18

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