History A-Level
Atrocity and civilian suffering
What Atrocity and civilian suffering means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Atrocity and civilian suffering
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The atrocities that followed the fall of Nanjing in December 1937 killed large numbers of civilians and prisoners and hardened Chinese resistance.
Topics that use Atrocity and civilian suffering
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 3 The Japanese threat, 1931–41 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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