The Japanese army carried out wanton massacres and injuries to the Chinese people. In addition, in order to resist the invasion, the Chinese army carried out more than 200 important battles, and nearly 200,000 battles, big and small. As a result of the war, the Chinese army suffered 3.8 million casualties and the Chinese people sacrificed more than 20 million people. Adding up all the above, the total number of Chinese military and civilian casualties amounted to more than 35 million people [1]. This is the total number of Chinese military and civilian casualties in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression officially announced by China. (2) Economic LossesThe 14 years of brutal looting and war caused so many economic losses to China that it is difficult to accurately count them. According to rough statistics, the direct economic losses amounted to 60 billion US dollars (calculated in 1937 dollars, the same below), and the war consumption was more than 40 billion US dollars, totaling 100 billion US dollars; the indirect economic losses amounted to 500 billion US dollars [2]. This is also China's official announcement of the total economic losses of the War of Resistance Against Japan.2. Caused great spiritual harm In the 14-year invasion of China, the Japanese army's murder, arson, looting of property, rape of women and other behaviors, to the Chinese people caused spiritual harm that is difficult to heal. |