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Invasion of Manchuria

Japan · Warfare / League of Nations. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1931–1933Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1931

Wakatsuki ReijiroOctober 1931

Manchuria · Warfare / League of Nations

The League of Nations sends a commission under Lord Lytton to investigate. The League of Nations confines itself to "moral censure". The League calls for Japan to withdraw from Mukden and Manchuria, ignored

1933

Yosuke Matsuoka27 March 1933

Tokyo · Warfare / League of Nations

Fails to gain recognition in Manchuria and leads the delegation out of the League

Yosuke Matsuoka27 March 1933

Tokyo · Warfare / League of Nations

Fails to gain recognition of Japanese policy in Manchuria at the League of Nations

Names involved

Wakatsuki ReijiroYosuke Matsuoka

Provenance

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