Marco Polo Bridge Incident

E1945

armed clash historical event military conflict

The Marco Polo Bridge Incident was a 1937 armed clash between Japanese and Chinese troops near Beijing that escalated into full-scale war between Japan and China.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Marco Polo Bridge Incident canonical	18
Lugou Bridge Incident	1
Lukouchiao Incident	1
盧溝橋事件	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed clash ⓘ historical event ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ surface form: Lugou Bridge Incident Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ surface form: Lukouchiao Incident
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
category	1937 in China ⓘ Battles involving China ⓘ Battles involving Japan ⓘ Second Sino-Japanese War events ⓘ
ChineseName	卢沟桥事变 ⓘ
combatant	29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army ⓘ Japanese China Garrison Army ⓘ
conflictType	border incident ⓘ skirmish ⓘ
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Republic of China ⓘ
date	1937-07-07 ⓘ
endDate	1937-07-09 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ⓘ Battle of Shanghai (1937) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Shanghai
hasCause	Japanese military exercises near Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ disappearance of a Japanese soldier ⓘ escalation of a search operation into armed confrontation ⓘ
involves	breach of ceasefire ⓘ ceasefire negotiations ⓘ
JapaneseName	Marco Polo Bridge Incident self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 盧溝橋事件
locatedIn	Hebei ⓘ surface form: Hebei Province Republic of China ⓘ
locatedNear	Beijing ⓘ
namedAfter	Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
partOf	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
place	Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ surface form: Lugou Bridge Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
precededBy	Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ
primaryWeaponUsed	artillery ⓘ small arms ⓘ
relatedTo	Japanese expansionism in East Asia ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: World War II in Asia
result	escalation into full-scale war between Japan and China ⓘ outbreak of Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
significance	marked the beginning of full-scale Japanese invasion of China ⓘ turning point in East Asian history ⓘ
startDate	1937-07-07 ⓘ
year	1937 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → hasCause → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → significantEvent → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Marco Polo Bridge Incident → alsoKnownAs → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lugou Bridge Incident

Marco Polo Bridge Incident → alsoKnownAs → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lukouchiao Incident

Marco Polo Bridge Incident → JapaneseName → Marco Polo Bridge Incident self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 盧溝橋事件

Battle of Shanghai (1937) → precededBy → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Japanese China Garrison Army → engagedIn → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Battle of Beiping–Tianjin → precededBy → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army → conflict → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Marco Polo Bridge → famousFor → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Marco Polo Bridge → significantEvent → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Xi’an Incident → relatedTo → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Japanese occupation of North China → cause → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Song Zheyuan → conflict → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Japanese occupation of China → significantEvent → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Republican era of China → significantEvent → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Wanping Fortress → knownFor → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Wanping Fortress → eventLocation → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Lugou Bridge → significantEvent → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Battle of Pingxingguan → precededBy → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ

Republican era → significantEvent → Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ