Mukden Incident

(noun)

A staged event engineered by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the Japanese invasion in 1931 of northeastern China, known as Manchuria.

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Examples of Mukden Incident in the following topics:

  • Japanese Incursions into China

    • Thus, in 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria, in what is known as the Mukden Incident (or the Manchurian Incident).
    • In September 1931, a small quantity of dynamite was detonated close to a Japanese-owned railway near Mukden.
    • Before 1937, China and Japan fought in small, localized engagements, so-called "incidents," such as the Mukden Incident.
    • The last of these incidents was the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937, which marked the beginning of total war between the two countries.
    • This WWII-era documentary describes the Japanese invasions into China, including the Mukden Incident and the Rape of Nanking.

  • Japanese Aggression

    • On September 18, 1931, in what is known as the Mukden Incident, Lt.
    • Suemori Kawamoto detonated a small quantity of dynamite close to a railway line owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway near Mukden (now Shenyang).
    • On May 11, 1939, in the Nomonhan Incident (Battle of Khalkhin Gol), a Mongolian cavalry unit of some 70 to 90 men entered the disputed area.

  • The Sand-Lot Incident

  • Women and Slavery

    • Harriet Jacobs documented her experience with sexual abuse in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

  • Commitment to Vietnam

    • The Gulf of Tonkin Incident proved an escalating factor of the war and justification of continued American presence in Vietnam.
    • Robert McNamarra recounts the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, ultimately reporting that "It didn't happen."

  • The Boston Massacre and Military Occupation

    • The Boston Massacre, called The Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five colonial civilian men.

  • Police

    • Incidents such as the 1965 Watts Riots and the videotaped 1991 beating by of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police officers and the riot following their acquittal, have been suggested by some as evidence that U.S. police are dangerously lacking in appropriate controls.
    • Incidents such as the 1965 Watts Riots and the videotaped 1991 beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police officers and the riot following their acquittal have been suggested by some as evidence that U.S. police are dangerously lacking in appropriate controls.

  • References

    • Informal and incidental learning.

  • Jain Illustrated Manuscripts

    • Incidents of his life, such as his marriage and Indra's marking his forehead, are often depicted in paintings; other paintings show him presenting a pottery bowl to his followers, painting a house, weaving, and being visited by his mother Marudevi.

  • Torque on a Current Loop: Rectangular and General

    • Incidentally, those forces are vertical and thus parallel to the shaft.