Nanjing Massacre: most brutal atrocities by Japanese invaders

This undated file photo shows Chinese youths with their hands bound together getting on a truck under armed escort of Japanese invaders in Nanjing, east China, during World War II. They were transported to the outskirts of Nanjing and killed. The Nanjing Massacre represents the most brutal and savage of atrocities committed throughout the Japanese occupation of China during WWII. On Dec. 13, 1937 when Japanese invaders first occupied Nanjing, they began six weeks of destruction, pillage and slaughter in the city, which were planned, organized and purposefully executed by the Japanese Army. Over 300,000 Chinese, including defenseless civilians and unarmed soldiers, were murdered, together with countless cases of rape, looting and arson. (Xinhua)