HIST 1708 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Kwantung Leased Territory, South Manchuria Railway
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10 years before perl harbor, japan began the project of wars and expansion in asia. The kwantung army, headquartered in pt. arthur, in kwantung leased territory on liaodong. Peninsula, blows up part of south manchurian railroad near mukden. Japanese army uses this pretext to invade manshuria. Henry p"u-yi (last qing emperor) as head of manchukuo. U. s. and league of nations condemn japanese actions, refuse to recognize state of. Manchukuo condemn(v) to say in a strong and de nite way that someone or something is bad or wrong. Japan withdraws from league of nations, 1933. Japanese solidify control of manchukuo, seek to expand territory into northeastern china. Early victories over northern chinese worlords, c. 1933-36 disunity in china in 1930s: nationalists vs. communists, independent warlord rule over much of northeast. War fever on the homefront in the 1930s. "cooperation between japan, china, and manchukuo for peach in the realm" "long live the great empire in manchuria!
