ABOARD SPECIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO MUKDEN, Manchuria, Sept. 20, 1931 (UP) ... The Manchurian troops had been ordered by Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang not to resist the Japanese invasion.

Three weeks ago U. S. Secretary of State Stimson addressed the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, referring to his efforts in January 1932 to stop the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

In February 1932, while the Chinese Nineteenth Route Army was defending Shanghai against Japanese military invasion, Tokyo news agencies announced that Manchuria had declared independence of China ...

On the anniversary of an event that triggered the 1931 Japanese invasion and occupation of Manchuria, Chinese activists and protesters went out to demonstrate, some violently. Helping fuel these ...

The Lead Up to the Japanese Invasion of China. Why We Fight: ... and history of China and details their defensive war against Japan, beginning with the 1931 invasion of Manchuria.

FEATURE / HISTORY - Soviet Invasion of Manchuria – Dave DeForest In August of 1945, in the last days of World War 2, the Soviet Union launched a massive invasion of Manchuria. VOA's Dave ...

When Japan was chided by the League of Nations for invading Manchuria, the ensuing escalation led to the Pacific War, says Michael Auslin in The Wall Street Journal.