China Incident of 1937

Also known as the "Manchurian Incident." The conquest and pacification of Manchuria by the Guandong army, Japan's field army in Manchuria, from September 1931 to January 1933 or, more narrowly, the initial attack on the Chinese garrison in Mukden (now Shenyang) on the night of September 18, 1931 by elements of the Guandong army. (adapted from Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993)