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Parent topics

• World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. ^[e]
• Kwangtung Leasehold [r]: An area of southern Manchuria, controlled by Japan under a 99-year lease obtained in 1915, which was the base of Japanese strength on the Asian continent before World War Two in the Pacific. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Nanking Incident of 1927 [r]: Attacks, on 24 March 1927, by Chinese Nationalist Revolutionary Army attack on the Japanese, American and British consulates in Nanking; used as a casus belli for deployment of Japanese troops to China ^[e]
• March 1931 Incident [r]: Failed 1931 coup by Imperial Japanese Army young officer group that wanted to install the head of the Control faction as Prime Minister of Japan ^[e]
• Manchurian Incident [r]: A fake attack on the South Manchurian Railway Company, staged by Kwangtung Army officers, in September 1931, which was the pretext for Japanese military action outside the Kwangtung Leasehold and throughout Manchuria ^[e]
• Seishiro Itagaki [r]: Imperial Japanese Army officer, a specialist in intelligence and covert operations in China, who commanded an infantry regiment during the Manchurian Incident; later chief adviser on Manchukoan affairs for the Kwangtung Army; war minister 1938-1939 during the border wars with Russia; rear army commander during WWII; condemned and hanged as a major war criminal by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East ^[e]