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Word: kiangsu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...inhuman, insatiable, indiscriminate bombing." Several of the eight captured airmen were tortured to tell where they had come from, and three were executed by firing squad. Worse, the Japanese army tried to punish all Chinese who might have helped the downed pilots, and the slaughter in Chekiang and Kiangsu provinces took a toll estimated at more than 200,000. As often happened in this hate-filled era, each side angrily denounced the other's actions as atrocities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down but Not Out | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

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