In the frigid winter of 1937, the Imperial Japanese army stormed Nanjing and carried out one of the most barbaric atrocities in its war of aggression against China – the Nanjing Massacre. More than 300,000 civilians and disarmed soldiers were killed over the span of six weeks. The scale of the massacre still casts a long shadow compounded by Japan's historical denial. In Tokyo, right-wing factions continue to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism for enshrining convicted Cla

On July 7, 1937, Japan launched its full-scale invasion of China. In the darkest years of #WWII, China and the US stood shoulder to shoulder. In 1941, the American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force, also known as #TheFlyingTigers, was founded by US General #ClaireLeeChennault, to fight alongside Chinese troops and civilians against the invading Japanese forces. They braved the deadly “Hump Route,”, downed 2,600 enemy planes, while Chinese civilians built runways & saved pilots—often at th