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Prelude to the Second Sino-Japanese War
- Tanggu TruceOn the 18th of September 1931, a section of railway near Mukden exploded. The Japanese Kwantung Army claimed Chinese saboteurs caused the blast.
- Suiyuan campaignIn September 1931, the Mukden Incident triggered a chain of events that reshaped East Asia. The Japanese Kwantung Army occupied three northeastern provinces…
- Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933–1936)In February 1933, the Kwantung Army left a small detachment to watch the eastern Rehe border while moving its main forces south.
- Japanese invasion of ManchuriaBy the end of the 1920s, 39.4 percent of all colonial financial investments went into Manchuria. This massive economic stake created a fragile dependency for…
- Mukden incidentJapanese economic presence and political interest in Manchuria had been growing ever since the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
- Battle of ReheThe Empire of Japan launched Operation Nekka to secure its southern frontier with China. This campaign began in early January 1933 when the Kwantung Army…
- January 28 incidentOn the 18th of January 1932, five Japanese Nichiren Buddhist monks chanting the daimoku on an alms round were beaten near Shanghai's Sanyou Factory by…