HISTORY
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS
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Chiang Kai-shek was arrested by some of his military leaders and forced to change his military strategy.
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Japanese soldiers justified military expansion in Manchuria after claiming China bombed a Japanese-controlled railway.
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The Chinese Communist Party allowed the German military access into China, but the Nazi forces were attacked by the Guomindang
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The last remaining Japanese forces in China were routed by both the Chinese Communist Party and by the Guomindang.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. By 1937 Japan controlled large sections of China, and war crimes against the Chinese became commonplace.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Japanese justified their invasion as a response to the Mukden Incident, in which an explosion occurred on the Japanese owned South Manchuria Railroad. The Japanese claimed this was an attack by China and their invasion was an effort to restore order.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Empire of Japan’s Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria on 18 September 1931, immediately following the Mukden Incident. At the war’s end in February 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo.
Detailed explanation-4: -Believing that a conflict in Manchuria would be in the best interests of Japan, Kwantung Army Colonel Seishirō Itagaki and Lieutenant Colonel Kanji Ishiwara independently devised a plan to prompt Japan to invade Manchuria by provoking an incident from Chinese forces stationed nearby.
Detailed explanation-5: -Manchukuo, Chinese Manzhouguo, puppet state created in 1932 by Japan out of the three historic provinces of Manchuria (northeastern China).