Second Sino-Japanese War/Quotes
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Keep men, lose land: land can be taken again. Keep land, lose men: land and men are both lost.
—Mao Zedong, 1939
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We shall not lightly talk about sacrifice until we are driven to the last extreme which makes sacrifice inevitable.
—Chiang Kai Shek, 1939
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The war has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.
—Emperor Hirohito, 1945
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The Greater East Asian War was righteous and justified.
—General Hideki Tojo, 1946
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KILL ALL CAPTIVES
—Memo from Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, ordering the Nanking massacre
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