Manchuria

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    Will Mawdsley Year 10

    Cards (8)

    • September 1931 - Japan blamed China for a staged attack on the south Manchurian railway
    • Jan-March 1932 - Japan occupied all of Manchuria renaming it Manchukuo
    • March 1932 - China appealed to LON for help
    • April 1932 - Lord Lytton sent to investigate crisis by league
    • September 1932 - Lytton report condemned invasion and asked Japan to withdraw
    • Feb 1933 - Japan ignored report and invaded more of China
    • March 1933 - Japan vetoed actions of the league and resigned their membership
    • Consequences of Manchuria:
      League looked weak and powerless
      Britain and France looked selfish
      No USA or USSR
      Future aggression foreboded
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