The Second Sino-Japanese War (jul 7, 1937 – sep 9, 1945)
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The Second Sino-Japanese War was a conflict between the Republic of China and the Japanese Empire, which was triggered from the Marco-Polo Bridge Incident. The conflict arose from China’s full-scale resistance to Japanese expansion and influence in the territory, which began in 1931 from the Mukden Incident where Japan invaded Manchuria, and established Manchuko. From 1937 to the end of 1938, Japan had made rapid advancements within China. Within the course of two years Japan obtained possession of most of the ports, the majority of the chief cities as far west as Hankow (Hankou), and the larger part of the railways. Peiping and Tientsin (Tianjin) were occupied in July 1937. After fierce fighting, the Chinese armies were driven out of the Shanghai area by the middle of November 1937. Nanking (Nanjing), the Nationalist capital, fell in mid-December 1937, and the liquidation of that city and its inhabitants became known as the Nanjing Massacre. It wasn’t until 1939, that a stalemate between China and Japan had accrued. This stalemate would last until 1944, when the Allied powers backed China, and together, unleashed counterattacks against the Japanese to push them back. The war would end with the US’s dropping of the atomic bombs in September of 1945.
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