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Name: Manchukuo (Japan Protectorate)

Type: Polity

Start: 1932 AD

End: 1945 AD

Parent: japan

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A puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Establishment


  • March 1932: Manchukuo was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945.
  • Chronology


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    1. Century of humiliation


    A period (1839-1949) of foregin interventions in China resulting in the occupation, conquest or lease of large territories by foregin countries.

    1.1.Sino-Japanese Wars

    Were two major wars between China and Japan in the XIX and XX centuries.

    1.1.1.Second Sino-Japanese War

    Was a military conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Theater of the Second World War.

    1.1.1.1.Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    The Japanese Army invaded Manchuria in 1931 following the Mukden Incident. At the end of the invasion in February 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo.


    1.1.1.2.Defense of the Great Wall

    Was a military campaign where Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang, and incorporated it into the newly created state of Manchukuo.

  • March 1933: End of Chinese resistence in Manchuria.
  • May 1933: Tanggu Truce: the Chinese government was forced to acknowledge the de facto independence of Manchukuo and the loss of Rehe.

  • 1.1.1.3.Actions in Inner Mongolia

    Was a Japanese military campaign in Inner Mongolia, part of the Japanese invasion of northern China during the Sino-Japanese War.

    1.1.1.3.1.Campaign of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army

    Was a military offensive by the Kuomintang against the invading Japanese army in Inner Mongolia, during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

  • June 1933: The Northern corps recaptured Baochang.

  • 2. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    2.1.World War II (Asia & Pacific)

    Was the East Asian, South Asian and Pacific theatre of World War II.

    2.1.1.Soviet-Japanese War

    Was a conflict during World War II that started when Soviet forces invaded the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.

    2.1.1.1.Soviet invasion of Manchuria

    Was the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.

  • August 1945: The Red Army forces were able to break through the hastily organized Japanese defenses and capture the city of Mutanchiang.
  • August 1945: The Red Army took Mukden, Xinjing and Qiqihar on August 20.
  • August 1945: The Mengjiang area was conquered by the Red Army and its Mongol allies, and Hohhot was quickly taken.

  • 2.1.2.Japanese Surrender (World War II)

    Were the evacuation of the Japanese forces from occupied territories after the formal surrender of the Empire of Japan.

  • August 1945: After the dropping of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan accepts the Allied unconditional surrender terms (14 August 1945). Japanese forces leave occupied territories.

  • Disestablishment


  • August 1945: After the dropping of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan accepts the Allied unconditional surrender terms (14 August 1945). Japanese forces leave occupied territories.
  • August 1945: The Red Army forces were able to break through the hastily organized Japanese defenses and capture the city of Mutanchiang.
  • August 1945: The Mengjiang area was conquered by the Red Army and its Mongol allies, and Hohhot was quickly taken.
  • August 1945: The Red Army took Mukden, Xinjing and Qiqihar on August 20.
  • Selected Sources


  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.551
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