Mukden incident
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The Mukden incident was a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria.[1][2][3]
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Part of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria | |||||||
Japanese troops entering Shenyang during the Mukden incident | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
China | Japan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
160,000 | 30,000–66,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
340+ killed | 25 killed |
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Chinese name | |||||
Traditional Chinese | 九一八事變 | ||||
Simplified Chinese | 九一八事变 | ||||
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Alternative name | |||||
Traditional Chinese | 瀋陽事變 | ||||
Simplified Chinese | 沈阳事变 | ||||
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Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 満州事変 | ||||
Kana | まんしゅうじへん | ||||
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On September 18, 1931, Lieutenant Suemori Kawamoto of the Independent Garrison Unit [ja] of the 29th Japanese Infantry Regiment [ja] detonated a small quantity of dynamite[4] close to a railway line owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway near Mukden (now Shenyang).[5] The explosion was so weak that it failed to destroy the track, and a train passed over it minutes later. The Imperial Japanese Army accused Chinese dissidents of the act and responded with a full invasion that led to the occupation of Manchuria, in which Japan established its puppet state of Manchukuo six months later. The deception was exposed by the Lytton Report of 1932, leading Japan to diplomatic isolation and its March 1933 withdrawal from the League of Nations.[6]