Mukden Incident

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false flag operation historical event military provocation pretext for war

The Mukden Incident was a staged 1931 explosion on a Japanese-controlled railway in Manchuria used by Japan as a pretext to invade and occupy the region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mukden Incident canonical	29
Manchurian Incident	4
Mukden Incident of 1931	1
Mukden Incident of September 18, 1931	1
満州事変	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	false flag operation ⓘ historical event ⓘ military provocation ⓘ pretext for war ⓘ
actualCause	Japanese-planted explosives ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mukden Incident ⓘ surface form: Manchurian Incident September 18 Incident ⓘ
belligerent	China ⓘ Japan ⓘ
blamedOn	Chinese troops ⓘ
cityNowKnownAs	Shenyang ⓘ
consequence	Japan’s withdrawal from the League of Nations ⓘ Lytton Commission report ⓘ surface form: Lytton Commission investigation condemnation by the League of Nations ⓘ
countryAtTime	Republic of China ⓘ
date	1931-09-18 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
location	Liaoning ⓘ surface form: Liaoning Province Manchuria ⓘ South Manchuria Railway Company ⓘ surface form: South Manchuria Railway near Mukden ⓘ
method	staged railway explosion ⓘ
nature	fabricated attack ⓘ staged incident ⓘ
partOf	Japanese expansion in East Asia ⓘ interwar period conflicts in Asia ⓘ
perpetrator	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Japanese officers in the Kwantung Army ⓘ
perpetratorUnit	Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ surface form: Kwantung Army
plannedBy	Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ surface form: officers of the Kwantung Army
railwayControlledBy	Japan ⓘ
railwayName	South Manchuria Railway Company ⓘ surface form: South Manchuria Railway
region	Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Northeast China
relatedConflict	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
relatedOrganization	League of Nations ⓘ
result	Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of Manchuria escalation of Japanese–Chinese conflict ⓘ establishment of Manchukuo ⓘ occupation of Manchuria by Japan ⓘ
significance	early stage in the road to World War II in Asia ⓘ key step toward the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
target	South Manchuria Railway track ⓘ
targetOwner	Japan ⓘ
triggerFor	Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ creation of puppet state Manchukuo ⓘ
usedAs	justification for full-scale occupation of Manchuria ⓘ pretext for Japanese military intervention in Manchuria ⓘ
year	1931 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Japanese occupation of Manchuria → hasPart → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Manchuria → precededBy → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Manchuria → significantEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Manchuria → pretext → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Japanese Kwantung Army → notableOperation → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Manchukuo → hadEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Shenyang → historicalEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mukden Incident of 1931

Manchuria → wasSiteOf → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Japanese colonial empire → significantEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Itagaki Seishirō → participatedIn → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Mukden Incident → alsoKnownAs → Mukden Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manchurian Incident

Chinese Northeastern Army → engagedInConflict → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Defense of the Great Wall → relatedTo → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Lytton Commission report → subject → Mukden Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manchurian Incident

Lytton Commission report → relatedEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Operation Nekka → follows → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Japanese occupation of China → precededBy → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Nanjing decade → significantEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manchurian Incident

September 18th History Museum → dedicatedToEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

September 18th History Museum → commemorates → Mukden Incident ⓘ

September 18th History Museum → hasExhibitsOn → Mukden Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mukden Incident of September 18, 1931

梅津美治郎 → conflict → Mukden Incident ⓘ

subject surface form: 梅津美治郎

this entity surface form: 満州事変

Stimson Doctrine regarding Manchuria → relatedEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Seishirō Itagaki → participatedIn → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Republican era of China → significantEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

The Young Marshal → event → Mukden Incident ⓘ

subject surface form: Zhang Xueliang

Kantōgun → notableOperation → Mukden Incident ⓘ

September 18 Incident → alsoKnownAs → Mukden Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manchurian Incident

South Manchuria Railway track → associatedWithEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Rehe → follows → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Tanggu Truce → resultOf → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Republican era → significantEvent → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Great Wall War → precededBy → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Yoshijirō Umezu → conflict → Mukden Incident ⓘ

Invasion of Rehe → follows → Mukden Incident ⓘ