WORLD HISTORY

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: -Manchuria, also called the Northeast, Chinese (Pinyin) Dongbei or (Wade-Giles romanization) Tung-pei, formerly Guandong or Guanwei, historical region of northeastern China. Strictly speaking, it consists of the modern provinces (sheng) of Liaoning (south), Jilin (central), and Heilongjiang (north).

Detailed explanation-3: -When the Chinese Civil War ended in a victory for the communists in 1949, the new People’s Republic of China took control of Manchuria. It has remained a part of China ever since.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Japanese invasion of Manchuria set off a major international crisis. It was the result of Japanese imperialism that had started with its modernization nearly a century earlier. The invasion ultimately led to the Second Sino-Japanese War and helped to increase tensions before World War II.