In the photo is the number one culprit of the Nanjing Massacre, King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, one of the few professional soldiers in the Japanese imperial family. After Japan launched an all-out war of aggression against China, King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace was appointed commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army with the rank of lieutenant general. On December 7, King Hatohiko rushed to the front line in Nanjing, replacing Matsui Ishigen, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Central China Front, who was recuperating from lung disease, as the provisional commander-in-chief of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing. After the Japanese army captured Nanjing, it issued an order to "kill all the captured personnel", which led to the tragic Nanjing Massacre. After the war, King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace escaped trial for his royal status.
In the photo is Gu Shoufu, one of the main perpetrators of the Nanjing Massacre. Born as a farmer, Tani graduated from the 15th Infantry Section of the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School in November 1903 and was awarded the rank of second lieutenant of infantry. When he lectured on land tactics at the Naval University of Japan, he shamelessly emphasized that "plunder, robbery, and rape in combat are important means of maintaining morale." In 1937, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Gu Shoufu led his troops to participate in the battle to attack North China, and in North China he also condoned the massacre of civilians by his subordinates. Before the fall of Nanjing, Gu Shoufu thought that the opportunity to "make meritorious achievements" had come, and he sacrificed "to lay down Nanjing for a week off" so he took the lead in invading Nanjing.
In the photo is Gu Shoufu, who was paralyzed before the execution. After Japan's surrender, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East listed Mr. Tani as a Class B war criminal. In August 1946, the main perpetrator of the Nanjing Massacre, Tani Shoufu, was extradited from Sugamo Prison in Tokyo to Nanjing. On February 6, 1947, the Nanjing Military Tribunal for the Trial of War Criminals conducted a public trial of Gu Shoufu. The evidence was conclusive, and the court sentenced Gu Shoufu to death. After he had finished writing his last words, the gendarmes took him to a torture car and rushed to Yuhuatai to execute him. When preparing for execution, the soldiers placed it in the execution area, and as soon as they released their hands, Tani Shoufu collapsed to the ground, and reporters from all over the world pressed the shutter to record this moment, which was the cowardice of a murderous demon.
In the photo is Nakajima Imago, one of the culprits of the Nanjing Massacre. Nakajima invaded Nanjing on December 13, 1937, and led his troops to participate in the "Nanjing Massacre", in which his 16th Division killed Chinese 240,000 people, accounting for 8-tenths of the total number of people killed. According to his diary: "On December 13, most of the defeated enemy entered the forest and villages in the area of operation of the Sixteenth Division, and there were prisoners everywhere, and the number was too large to deal with. The policy of captivity was largely rejected, and it was decided to adopt the policy of total and complete elimination. On October 25, 1945, after Japan's defeat in the war, he died of illness and escaped the trial of the Nanjing Military Tribunal.
In the photo is Matsui Ishigen, one of the main responsible persons of the Nanjing Massacre. During the Battle of Songhu, Matsui Ishigen, who retired at home, was recalled by the Japanese military department to serve in active service. Before leaving Tokyo, Matsui Ishigen asked for five divisions to be allocated to Shanghai, because "he had already surveyed the terrain around Shanghai and Nanjing, and he had already thought of attacking Nanjing once he occupied Shanghai." When he set out from Tokyo, he said: "This time I will hit Nanjing no matter what!" ”。 After the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, the Japanese army began the tragic Nanjing Massacre with the connivance of Matsui Ishigen.
In the photo is Matsui Ishigen, who is being tried in court. Matsui Ishigen once wrote in his diary: "Depart at 10 o'clock in the afternoon to inspect the vicinity of Rujiang Gate and Shimonoseki. The vicinity is still covered in a mess, wild... Matsui turned a blind eye after seeing it, took no measures, and hurried back to Shanghai. Therefore, the massacre did not stop after General Matsui entered the castle and continued until mid-February of the following year. After the war, Matsui Ishigen, a Class A war criminal, was killed and sentenced to death by hanging. He did not die immediately when he fell from the gallows pedal, but hung in mid-air and struggled until twelve minutes and thirty seconds later he stopped moving.
The perpetrators of the 100-man beheading incident in the photo are Toshiaki Xiang and Takeshi Noda. From November 30 to December 11, 1937, Japanese officers Takeshi Noda and Toshiaki Xiangjing launched a killing contest on the way from Shanghai to Nanjing. The Tokyo Daily Shimbun published this in a row. The Japanese military reporters recorded in detail how the two demons slashed more than a hundred people in Wuxi Henglin Town, Changzhou Railway Station, Danyang Benniu Town, and Nanjing Purple Mountain. These reports are not only clear in time and place, the process and number of killings, but also accompanied by photographs.
In the photo are Toshiaki Xiangjing, Noda Iwa, and Junkichi Tanaka who got out of the execution car. After Japan's surrender in 1945, Gao Wenbin, a Chinese representative attending the trial of Japanese war criminals at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, inadvertently discovered the report and immediately informed Nanjing that the two officers had been extradited back to China. During the trial, Xiang Toshiaki and Takeshi Noda responded to reports such as the "100-man Battle" published in the Tokyo Ildo Shimbun, and xiang Toshiaki, in order to evade responsibility, falsely claimed that this was to praise martial arts for himself in order to get a good couple after returning to China. This is clearly to exonerate oneself. After the Nanjing Military Tribunal ascertained the trial, both confessed to the charges. In the photo are Toshiaki Xiangjing, Iwa Noda and Junyoshi Tanaka after the shooting. On December 4, 1947, the Nanjing Trial of War Criminals Military Tribunal sentenced XiangJing and Noda to the two war criminals: The defendants Xiang Jing Andei and Noda Takeshi were accomplices in the Nanjing Massacre, and the defendants and others slaughtered prisoners and non-combatants continuously,...... Its slaughter of civilians, their martial arts, and their killing as a competitive entertainment can be described as extremely vicious,...... The enemy of civilization and publicity, unless they are severely punished by the law, will uphold justice by suppressing discipline and discipline. On January 28, 1948, three murderous demons, Toshiaki Xiangjing, Noda Yan, and Junji Tanaka, were executed at the Yuhuatai Execution Ground outside the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing.