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Execution of ruthless Japanese general responsible for Massacres in Nanjing & Manila - Akira Mutō

Execution of Akira Mutō - Bestial Japanese General Responsible for Massacres in Nanjing & Manila. Japanese territorial expansion in East Asia began in 1931 with the invasion of Manchuria. Since the invasion of Manchuria, there were various "incidents", or armed clashes of a limited nature between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, but all had subsided. However, this changed on the night of July 7, 1937, when a small Japanese force on maneuvers near the Marco Polo Bridge demanded entry to the tiny walled town of Wanping in order to search for one of their soldiers. However, the Chinese garrison in the town refused the Japanese entry; a shot was heard, and the two sides began firing. The Chinese government, under strong anti-Japanese pressure, refused to make any concessions in the negotiation of the dispute and the Japanese also maintained their position. As a result, the conflict continued to grow, with larger forces committed by both sides and fighting spread to other parts of China. At the time of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Akira Mutō was a chief of the military intelligence section of the Japanese Army and he not only advocated a policy on being tough on China but he was one of the planners behind the incident which sparked the Second Sino-Japanese War also known as the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression which lasted from 1937 to 1945. Promoted to Vice Chief of Staff of the Japanese Central China Area Army, Mutō was in China for many of the initial campaigns of the conflict including the Battle of Shanghai which lasted from August 13, 1937, to November 26, of the same year and was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the entire war. The Battle of Shanghai was later described as "Stalingrad on the Yangtze", and is often regarded as the battle where World War II started. After over three months of extensive fighting on land, in the air and at sea, the battle, which involved nearly one million troops, concluded with a victory for Japan. It was Akira Muto who proposed to send troops to land in Hangzhou Bay and after his proposal was accepted, the Japanese plan to capture Shanghai succeeded. China lost a significant portion of its best troops, while failing to elicit any international intervention. However, the resistance of Chinese forces over three months of battle shocked the Japanese, who had been indoctrinated with notions of cultural and martial superiority, and largely demoralized the Imperial Japanese Army, who believed they could take Shanghai within days and China within months. After the Battle of Shanghai, Akira Mutō proposed to immediately attack the capital city of China, Nanjing, which lay 300 kilometers west of Shanghai. The Japanese military arrived outside the city gates of Nanjing on December 9, 1937. With the reports of Japanese brutality, three quarters of the population had fled Nanjing before the Japanese arrived. At noon on December 9, the Japanese military dropped leaflets into the city, urging the city of Nanjing to surrender within 24 hours, promising "no mercy" if the offer was refused. No response was received from the Chinese by the deadline on December 10 and the General Iwane Matsui, commanding officer of Japanese Central China Area Army, waited another hour before issuing the command to take Nanjing by force. On December 12, under heavy artillery fire and aerial bombardment, General Tang Sheng-chi, the commander of the Nanjing Garrison during the city's siege who had earlier announced the city would not surrender and would fight to the death, ordered his men to retreat. What followed was nothing short of chaos; some Chinese soldiers stripped civilians of their clothing in a desperate attempt to blend in, and many others were shot by the Chinese supervisory unit as they tried to flee. On 13 December, the 6th and the 116th Divisions of the Japanese Army were the first to enter the city, facing little military resistance. At that time, Akira Muto, as the Vice Chief of Staff of the Japanese Central China Area Army, was responsible for the Japanese camping arrangements in the Nanjing area. Join World History channel and get access to benefits:    / @worldhistoryvideos   Disclaimer: All opinions and comments below are from members of the public and do not reflect the views of World History channel. We do not accept promoting violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on attributes such as: race, nationality, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation. World History has right to review the comments and delete them if they are deemed inappropriate. ► CLICK the SUBSCRIBE button for more interesting clips:    / @worldhistoryvideos   #worldhistory #ww2 #worldwar2videos