In the autumn of the year 1931 an explosion shook Northeast China, changing history forever. Japanese Kwantung Army then staged an explosion on the railway at Liutiaohu near Shenyang, blamed it on Chinese troops and immediately launched an attack on Beidaying and the whole town. This moment, known as September 18 Incidentbecame the first spark that ignited the fiery circle of the world anti-fascist war.
The incident was not an accident - it was the result of a long-term Manchuria-Mongolia policyJapan's aggressive strategy towards China and its expansionist ambitions in Asia. After the economic crisis of 1929, the militarist forces in Japan gained strength and began to promote the idea that the resource-rich northeast of China was the key to saving the Japanese economy.
Although the world has tried to respond through Washington System and subsequently through The Lytton Report under the auspices of League of Nationsbut decisive action against the aggressor was lacking. This encouraged other fascist regimes - Mussolini soon started a war in Ethiopia and Hitler cited the example of Japan in violating Treaty of Versailles and remilitarized Rhineland.
From September 18 Incident after the outbreak Lugou Bridge Incident In 1937, China faced six years of local resistance to the occupiers, making it the main eastern battlefield of World War II. This perseverance, achieved at the cost of enormous sacrifices, contributed significantly to the global victory over fascism and showed the world the determination of the Chinese people to fight for their own freedom and independence.
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