while the japanese got the atomic bomb in 1945,they themselves had occupied china from 1937 on,and imposed the most brutal repression.in fact,had japan not bombed pearl harbor and dragged america into the war,it is possible that japan would have continued to hold china,and mao zedong may not have come to power.
about the photo:
In 1937 this picture of a bloodied baby crying among the wreckage of Shanghai's South Railway Station went across the world to an estimated 136 million people. Britain, France and the United States protested Japanese aggression, and the Japanese threatened the photographer's life. The picture remains powerful today, a symbol of war's insanity