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1 gru 2007 · The Manchurian Incident was the starting point of Japan’s invasion of northeastern China (Manchuria) and Inner Mongolia. By a narrow definition, the duration of the “incident” spans from the dynamiting of the South Manchurian Railway near Liutiaohu on Sept. 18, 1931, to the conclusion of the Tangku cease-fire treaty on May 31, 1933.
On September 18, 1931, the Manchurian (Mukden) Incident marked the dawn of Japanese military aggression in East Asia. The Kwantung Army alleged that Chinese soldiers had tried to bomb a South Manchurian Railway train. Damage to the railway was minimal and the train arrived at its destination safely.
11 wrz 2024 · Mukden Incident, (September 18, 1931), also called Manchurian Incident, seizure of the Manchurian city of Mukden (now Shenyang, Liaoning province, China) by Japanese troops in 1931, which was followed by the Japanese invasion of all of Manchuria (now Northeast China) and the establishment of the Japanese-dominated state of Manchukuo (Manzhouguo ...
Late in the evening of 18 September 1931 (Showa 6), a short stretch of railroad track belonging to the South Manchurian Railway Company near Liutiao Lake in the outskirts of Mukden (now Shenyang) was blown up by officers of the Kwangtung Army (part of the Imperial Army stationed in Manchuria).
The Manchurian Crisis 1931-1933 followed the Mukden Incident in which Japanese rail tracks were destroyed in an explosion. Claiming that it was saboteurs, the Japanese responded with force, taking control of the Chinese province of Manchuria.
The Lytton Report (リットン報告書, Ritton Hōkokusho) refers to the findings of the Lytton Commission, entrusted in 1931 by the League of Nations in an attempt to evaluate the Mukden Incident, which was used to justify the Empire of Japan's seizure of Manchuria.. The five-member commission, headed by British politician Victor Bulwer-Lytton, announced its conclusions in October 1932.
By March 1932 the Japanese army had invaded the whole province of Manchuria and renamed it Manchukuo. The Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, was installed as a puppet leader controlled by the Japanese. Why was the League of Nations reluctant to act over the Manchurian crisis at first?
