Part of a Japanese railroad near Mukden was blown; the Japanese blamed the Chinese for it, and used the incident as justification for invading Manchuria in 1931.
In 1931, Japan invaded and captured Manchuria following the Mukden incident, which was orchestrated by rogue Japanese military factions to set up a pretext for invasion of the province. They established a puppet government called Manchukuo and occupied the province until the end of War II.
Battle of Mukden during the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905.
The Manchurian Crisis of September 8, 1931 (also known as the "Mukden Incident", also known as the "Manchurian Incident") resulted in the Japanese invasion of China.
"Operation Cardinal" happened. The details of an OSS operation in Mukden, Manchuria, shortly after the surrender of Japan is detailed in an article by Peter Clemens entitled, "Operation Cardinal: The OSS in Manchuria, August 1945." It was published in a journal called Intelligence and National Security (Vol. 13, No. , Winter 1998) Hal Leith, the Russian/Chinese linguist on the mission, is alive and well. I think the questioner is confusing Operation Cardinal with Operation Downfall which was planned for (I believe) November 1945. After the two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the surrender of Japan less than a week later, Operation Downfall became unnecessary.
Part of a Japanese railroad near Mukden was blown; the Japanese blamed the Chinese for it, and used the incident as justification for invading Manchuria in 1931.
Manchuria, also known as Mukden, vicinity of the Japanese railroad station that was destroyed, sparking the incident in 1931.
Answer this question…It gave Japan an excuse to retaliate against the Chinese and gain control of Manchuria.
Part of a Japanese railroad near Mukden was blown; the Japanese blamed the Chinese for it, and used the incident as justification for invading Manchuria in 1931.
The Japanese said they were attacked but it was a ruse to invade
Japan had used an excuse a Chinese Attack on a Japanese Railway near the city of Mukden. In fact, the "Mukden incident" had been carried out by Japanese Soldiers disguised as Chinese.
In 1931, Japan invaded and occupied Manchuria.
In 1931 Rogue Japanese military personnel used a minor self conducted explosion to blame Chinese dissidents in Manchuria of the act and enforce a full scale invasion. This incident led to Japanese invasion and installation of a puppet regime as well. This incident is also known as Mukden incident.
Japan decided to invade Manchuria the day after the Mukden incident, in 1931. However, the entire state of Manchuria was not conquered until 1932, so the answer to the question is 1932.
Japan invaded Manchuria on 19 September 1931. Following the Mukden incident (staged by Japanese spies), Japan's Kwantung Army immediately invaded Manchuria and established a puppet state they names Manchuko.
Japan was jealous of the rich fertile lands that Manchuria had, they also wanted more land so that the Japanese could expand their empire. They used the Mukden incident as an excuse to invade China as they knew that they would be,like them, suffering from the depression.
The Chinese-Japanese dispute in July 1931 (the Wanpaoshan Incident) . The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II.