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sino japanese war
The war lasted from 1894-1895. The fight was between the Qing Empire and the Empire of Japan for supremacy in Korea. Korea was China’s most important client state, but since it was close to Japan it attracted Japan’s interest. -
chinese civil war
In 1926, the Chinese Nationalist Party left the Chinese Communist Party. Japan invaded china in 1937 that caused everyone to ceasefire in the civil war. Japan eventually surrendered in 1945 -
long march
In 1934 chinese communist broke through the nationalist enemy lines and started a fight. This was known as the long march the march lasted a year and covered some 4,000 miles. -
nanking massacre
In late 1937, over a period of six weeks, Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people–including both soldiers and civilians–in the Chinese city of Nanking