Review of Nanking (2007) by Shannon S — 24 Sep 2008

World War II is usually glossed over as a western war. I rarely hear stories about the Japanese invasion of China, especially the massacre the Japanese committed against the Chinese in Nanking. It's good to see these kinds of documentaries coming out of the west where the focus is usually on the brave allies blowing up Nazis. Even the bombing of Dresden is buried and suppressed by veterans who don't want to be seen as cold, callous murderers, even though that's exactly what they are.

Nanking is an excellent documentary about an absolutely disgraceful time in human history. What's even more disgraceful is that humanity hasn't learned from these mistakes and much of the same events are going on in the world today.