Summary.
Japan invaded the Chinese territory of Manchuria on September 19th, 1931 by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan. The Lyton commission then reported Japan at fault leaving them to pull out of the League of Nations.
The Japanese and Manchuria
- The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
- Began on September 19, 1931
- Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan
- Occurred immediately following the Mukden Incident
- The Japanese established a puppet state, Manchukuo
- Their occupation lasted until the end of World War II.
- Manchuria
- A historical name given to a large geographic region in northeast Asia
- Commonly referred to as Northeast China
- The traditional homeland of the Xianbei, Khitan, and Jurchen peoples
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