second sino jap war -marco polo bridge incident (7 lugl 1937 anni – 9 sett 1945 anni)

Descrizione:

jap troops stationed in vicinity of bridge near town of wanping outside beijing carrying out training excercises. shots fired prompting chi troops to retaliate.
ltr jap realise one soldier missing. demanded to serch town n tried to force their way in n faled. both sides increased military strength. heightened tensions resulted in full scale invasion of china

china appealed to LON but western powers unwilling to get involved bcs hitler tryna rxpand in europe.
only got involved aft nanking massacre