英美海军军官笔下的南京大屠杀

Nanjing Massacre Recorded by British and American Navy Officials

南京大屠杀发生后，驻防长江下游的英美海军军官对南京的军事、经济、社会状况进行了观察。英美海军军官的电文记录了日军在南京屠杀、抢劫、焚烧、轰炸等各种暴行，收录了美国传教士菲奇日记的片段，记述了英美人士在国际安全区保护和救助难民的工作。英美海军军官关注劫后南京的经济形势和英美在南京的产业，并为难民营运送粮食和医疗用品。他们的电文留下了南京大屠杀历史的真实细节，成为侵华日军在南京所犯罪行的铁证。

British and American navy officials who were stationed in the lower reaches of Yangtze River had observed the military, economic and social situations of Nanjing. Their telegraph texts recorded a series of Japanese atrocities in Nanjing such as slaughtering, robbing, act of arson and bombing, including parts of the dairy of an American preacher Fitch, which described what British and American people did for the protection and assistance for Chinese refugees in the International Safety Zone. T After the catastrophe, these British and American navy officials were still concerned about the economic recovery and the properties of the UK and the US in Nanjing, and they delivered food and medical supplies to graphs, providing ironclad proofs of refugee camps, and authentic details of the massacre were kept in their tele-all the crimes committed by Japanese troops in Nanjing.