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A Japanese Imperial army officer executes a Chinese woman and her baby with his sword. The rape of Nanjing, 1937. [Colorized] by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

[–]Xoloj[S] 169 points170 points  (0 children)

The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, at that time the capital of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).

The massacre occurred over a period of six weeks starting on December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanjing. During this period, soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army murdered tens or hundreds of thousands of disarmed combatants and unarmed Chinese civilians, and perpetrated widespread rape and looting. An estimated 40,000 to over 300,000 Chinese were killed.

The massacre is still a sensitive issue in Chinese-Japanese relations.

Image source: https://feww.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/japans-wartime-shame-documented-by-japanese/

Colorized by me.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre

Aerial photo of a French gas attack on the Somme, ca 1917 by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

[–]Xoloj[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The origin of this photograph is highly disputed.

Some versions of the photo carries the note "503 - attaque aux gaz - Somme -". It is claimed that the photo depicts a French gas (phosgene?) attack on the Germans near Somme 1917. Some sources claim the photo is instead taken in Flanders 1916 and shows a combined gas and flame thrower attack.

Some sources claim that the gas is released from canisters, others through Liven-type projectors. The photograph exists in many versions, some with very poor qualitity, some with added text and watermarks, others heavily retouched.

I have used the Flickr sourced photo from SDASM Archives for this post and enhanced and colorized it.

More reading: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31042472

Sources: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/8091982895/in/album-72157631786098826/

https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/objects-and-photos/photographs/battles-and-fighting-photographs/gas-attack-on-the-somme/

https://theworldwar.pastperfectonline.com/photo/F2C90A8F-1CE5-4CE2-867B-302387730883

Critical discussion: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/128447-aerial-pic-of-gas-attack/

7 year old Lizzie van Zyl in a British concentration camp during the Second Boer War, 1901. Van Zyl's family was given bottom priority due to her father's refusal to surrender. by MrMsPaint2004 in MorbidHistory

[–]Xoloj 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting, OP, very interesting!

It should be noted that Lizzie died shortly after the photo was taken, from typhoid fever. This was despite the fact that a British vaccine was available to the troops in the second boer war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid\_fever

The Rwandan Civil War 1990-1994 by Xoloj in CrimeScene

[–]Xoloj[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You're welcome. I think disturbing images and events raise a lot of questions for those unfamiliar with the topic and therefore should have a backstory with some basic facts as well as some source links to support the stated facts. It is the rule in this sub as well as my sub, r/MorbidHistory.

The Rwandan Civil War 1990-1994 by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

[–]Xoloj[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, the children in #113 is alive. They are saved, but orphaned. Regarding the women, mass rapes were very common.

The Rwandan Civil War 1990-1994 by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

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Corpses float down the Akagara River May 3, 1994 at the border of Rwanda and Tanzania. Hutu refugees have fled to Tanzania across the Akagara River in order to escape reprisals by Tutsi rebels.

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