This podcast discusses different accounts throughout history of city sackings, from ancient Roman historian Tacitus' description of a sacking during a Roman civil war at Cremona to the destruction of Babylon and the city of Nanjing during World War II.
The sacking of cities has a long and controversial history. War crimes and sacking of cities are sometimes linked together that also twisted the post-war war crimes trials to some extent, which still affects today.
This episode discusses the violent and gruesome acts committed by Japanese soldiers against the Chinese citizens of Nanking in 1937, and how it compares to similar acts seen throughout history.