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On September 18, 1931, Lt. Suemori Kawamoto detonated a small quantity of dynamite[4] close to a railway line owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway near Mukden (now Shenyang).[5] The explosion was so weak that it failed to destroy the track and a train passed over it minutes later, but the Imperial Japanese Army accused Chinese dissidents of the act and responded with a full invasion that led to the occupation of Manchuria, in which Japan established its puppet state of Manchukuo six months later. The ruse of war was soon exposed to the international community, leading Japan to diplomatic isolation and its March 1933 withdrawal from the League of Nations.[6]
originally posted by: Revolution9
a reply to: funkandroid
There is nothing grandiose or particularly evil mastermind about it.
originally posted by: funkandroid
a reply to: Revolution9
yeah well id like to hope good people grow out of this kind of behavior and not enter into positions of power,