The correct answer is A. Commanders encouraged their soldiers to be as brutal as possible.
The massacre of Nanking was a series of crimes against humanity committed by the Japanese army while they were occupying the city of Nanking and its surroundings in 1937. These crimes involved killings of civilians and prisoners, torture, violations, plunder, and other several atrocities. According to different estimates, the number of dead civilians rises above 300 000. This brutality was a direct result of the orders of the Japanese commanders: prince Asaka and general Matsui, among other Japanese military leaders.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Defense of the people
Assurance of equality 
Protection of individual rights.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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Best definition for politics
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Types of activities or other sources of power that can involve individuals (either from status). Politics involves influencing others. This includes the interest of the people by applying it in vote form. When people vote, that allows the people to vote for their preferred interests that the government provides in order to add, remove, or adjust laws.