The September 18th Incident (also known as the Mukden Incident, wicker Lake incident) is Japan in Northeast China deliberately created and launched a war of aggression against China, the beginning of the Japanese imperialist aggression against China.
In September 1931, 18 day and night, under the arrangement of the Japanese Kwantung Army Railway "garrison" blow up Shenyang wicker Lake near Japan built the South Manchurian Railway tracks, and planted to put the blame on the Chinese armed forces. The Japanese army used it as an excuse, shelling of Shenyang City, is the "nine one eight incident". The next day, the Japanese occupation of Shenyang, and after another invasion of the three provinces in Northeast china. February 1932, the whole northeast fall. Since then, Japan has established a puppet puppet regime in Northeast China, which began the 14 years of the Northeast People's slavery and colonial rule.
The "nine one eight incident" is the inevitable result of the Japanese imperialism for a long time, and also an important step to take China into its exclusive colony. It also marks the beginning of the world anti fascist war, opened the prelude to the Second World War.

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