sep 18, 1931 - JAPAN INVADES MACHURIA
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Japan, who already has an army stationed in Manchuria as a result of prior wars and treaties, seizes contol of this northern Chinese region. Local resistance to the Japanese Occupation begins and continues through the end of World War Two. Japan occupies Mukden and other places in Manchuko. War between Japan and China begins.
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