The event you're describing is called the Ra pe of Nanking. It happened in 1937. Around 50,000 innocent Chinese people were killed by Japanese troops.
They felt that Latin American ports were of greater strategic value than Pacific ports.
Immigration would be the best option
After the disaster in Lisbon, Shay was furious with the plans of the Colonial branch of the Assassin Brotherhood. So he became a templar and devoted his career to hunting down artifacts and his former associates.His travels brought him to New York, the Appalachian mountains, among other locations.
