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236. China and World War II (Part 2)

The Rest Is History

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What's Happened to the Japanese?

Japanese general mat ety was one of the most senior conquerors of china during this period, and a man who bears tremendous responsibility. Many troops sent to nanjing were not necessarily the cream of the japanese army either. They were brutalized very regularly in terms of the training that theywere they were given. And then, don't forget what they'd been told. Nobody, or very few people, go into a war of aggression saying, you know wha, it's going to be really long, really violent, and may not win.

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