Guandong army関東軍alternative words: Kwantung army, Kantogun, Kanto gun, Kantougun, Kantou gun keywords: china , colony , office , weapon , world war 2 related topics: Guandong army , Manshukoku , Russo-Japanese war , Nomonhan incident explanation: After Russo-Japanese war, Japan created an independent army group at Port Arthur in 1919 to protect Liaodong peninsula and south Manchurian railroad. After Manchurian incident in 1931, it conquered all the Manchuria and strove to protect Japanese interests by provoking Nomonhan incident. During the world war II, the best units were sent to Pacific front to fight against Americans so when Soviets entered the war on August 8, 1945, they collapsed without resistance. Manchurian incident満州事変alternative words: Manshu incident, Manshujihen, Manshu jihen keywords: china , colony , event , war related topics: Manshukoku , Guandong army related web sites: http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~aal99510/M_jihen_nenpyo.htm , http://www.jda.go.jp/j/library/senshi/00-06.htm , http://www2.justnet.ne.jp/~hamachu/manchu_001.htm explanation: In order to recover Japan from a severe economic crisis, the general stuff of Japanese Guandong army, Ishiwara Kanji and Itagaki Seishiro had planed to make Manchuria as Japanese colony. First, they blew up Manchurian railroad on 18 September, 1931 (Ryujoko incident) without authorization of the central government, then they conquered the whole Manchuria in 3 months by pretending to protect Japanese interests against China. Then, Manshukoku was created with Puyi as emperor. Manshukoku満州国alternative words: Manshu koku, Manchukuo, Manchoukuo, Manchu kuo, Manchou kuo keywords: china , colony , russia related topics: Guandong army , Manchurian incident , Nomonhan incident related web sites: http://members.tripod.co.jp/ijan/index.htm , http://www64.tcup.com/6404/manchuria.html? , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~MZ3M-YMN/kokumuin.html explanation: After Manchurian incident in September 1931, Japanese Guandong army conquered quickly all the Manchuria and created a puppet state by putting the last Chinese emperor Puyi (Fugi) to the throne and Changchun (Shinkyo) as capital. The League of nations sent Lytton commission and condemned it but Japan preferred to leave the League of nations. The country was industrialized by a Japanese trust, Manchuria Heavy Industry Company (Manshu Jukogyo Kaihatsu Kaisha) and existed until August 1945. Page number: 1 3 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |