Why did japanese soldiers kill so many civilians in nanking, china? a)commanders encouraged their soldiers to be as brutal as possible. b)civilians attacked the soldiers first, and then the soldiers retaliated. c)soldiers were inexperienced at fighting and panicked under pressure. d)chinese forces were closing in, so the soldiers took desperate measures.

Commanders encouraged their soldiers to be as brutal as possible.

Further Explanation:

Japanese soldiers called:

The Imperial Japanese Army("Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based equipped power of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.  

Japan not allowed to have an army:

Under the post-war constitution, Japan isn't permitted to have hostile military powers. Its Article 9 announces "the Japanese individuals perpetually revoke war as a sovereign right of the country and the risk or utilization of power as methods for settling global debates".  

Chinese civilians were killed by the Japanese:

As per Rummel, in China alone, during 1937–45, around 3.9 million Chinese were executed, for the most part regular folks, as an immediate consequence of the Japanese activities and a sum of 10.2 million Chinese were slaughtered over the span of the war.  

Chinese were killed in Nanking:

There are no official numbers for the loss of life in the Nanking Massacre, however gauges run from 200,000 to 300,000 individuals. Not long after the part of the arrangement, Matsui and his lieutenant Tani Hisao, were attempted and indicted for atrocities by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and were executed.

Subject: History

Level: High School

Keywords: Japanese soldiers called, Japan not allowed to have an army, Chinese civilians were killed by the Japanese, Chinese were killed in Nanking.  

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