Northern Eurasia 1932: Japanese Conquest of Manchuria

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Political map of Russia & the former Soviet Union on 02 Jun 1932 (The Soviet Union under Stalin: Japanese Conquest of Manchuria), showing the following events: Tajik Socialist Soviet Republic; Chinese Nationalists begin their Encirclement Campaigns against the Communists
; Japanese invasion of Manchuria; Uprising in western Mongolia, crushed with Soviet support.

Leningrad

Moscow

Dec 1929Tajik SSR created

Nov 1930Chinese Nationalists
launch crackdown
on Communists

18 Sep 1931–27 Feb 1932Japan conquers Manchuria

Apr–Oct 1932Lamas lead uprising in
western Mongolia

Japanese Conquest of Manchuria

14 Nov 1927 Rise of Stalin 20 Nov 1929 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict 2 Jun 1932 Japanese Conquest of Manchuria 25 Nov 1936 Anti-Comintern Pact 22 Aug 1939 Soviet-Japanese Border Wars 28 Oct 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 6 Mar 1940 Winter War 3 Jul 1940 Nazi-Soviet Honeymoon 21 Jun 1941 Eve of Barbarossa

After their defeat by the Soviets, the Nationalist Chinese government moved to crush the growing Communist movement in China once and for all. However, the Soviet Union was not the only power wary of wary of the rise of the Chinese Nationalists; in 1931, Japan launched its own invasion of Manchuria, backing its "independence" from China the following year.

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5 Dec 1929 Tajik Socialist Soviet Republic ▲

The Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is detached from the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, to become the Tajik Socialist Soviet Republic. Its capital, Dyushambe (Dushanbe), is renamed Stalinabad and the new SSR is also granted additional Uzbek territory in the north. in wikipedia

5 Nov 1930 Chinese Nationalists begin their Encirclement Campaigns against the Communists
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Chinese Nationalists begin their Encirclement Campaigns against the Communists
in wikipedia

18 Sep 1931–27 Feb 1932 Japanese invasion of Manchuria ▲

Following the Mukden Incident, the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria—the semi-independent northeast provinces of the Republic of China under the governorship of Zhang Xueliang. After occupying the southern provinces of Liaoning and Kirin, the Japanese advanced north into Heilongjiang, completing its conquest in February 1932. in wikipedia