Mukden Incident

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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.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf false flag operation
historical event
military provocation
pretext for war
actualCause Japanese-planted explosives
alsoKnownAs Manchurian Incident
September 18 Incident
belligerent China
Japan
blamedOn Chinese troops
cityNowKnownAs Shenyang
consequence Japan’s withdrawal from the League of Nations
Lytton Commission investigation
condemnation by the League of Nations
countryAtTime Republic of China
date 1931-09-18
historicalPeriod interwar period
location Liaoning Province
Manchuria
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 Kwantung Army
plannedBy officers of the Kwantung Army
railwayControlledBy Japan
railwayName South Manchuria Railway
region Northeast China
relatedConflict Second Sino-Japanese War
relatedOrganization League of Nations
result 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


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