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Conflict East Asia

Second Sino-Japanese War

1937 CE – 1945 CE · 8 years

Japan's full-scale invasion of China beginning at the Marco Polo Bridge, encompassing the Nanjing Massacre and eight years of brutal warfare. It merged into the Pacific theatre of World War II and cost over 20 million Chinese lives.

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Second Sino-Japanese War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Republic of China (Nationalists & Communists)
  • Empire of Japan

Key moments

Defining events in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

  1. 1937 Battle of Shanghai
  2. 1937 Battle of Nanjing
  3. 1938 Battle of Tai'erzhuang
  4. 1939–1942 Battle of Changsha

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · East Asia

Yakushima

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

China

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Soviet Invasion of Manchuria (Operation August Storm)

1945 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Great Wall of China

700 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

Chinese Warlords

Attested 1920 CE – 1938 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Battles of Khalkhin Gol

1939 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ha Long Bay

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1937 CE and 1945 CE.

1939 CE Battles of Khalkhin Gol 1940 CE Franco-Thai War 1945 CE Soviet Invasion of Manchuria (Operation August Storm) 1945 CE Battle of Iwo Jima 1945 CE Battle of Okinawa

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing Emirate of Bin Shal'an Polity · Middle East 1920 CE – 1938 CE Nikola Tesla Figure · Serbia / United States 1856 CE – 1943 CE World War II Conflict · Europe 1939 CE – 1945 CE Te Whare Rūnanga (Waitangi) Landmark · Oceania 1940 CE – still standing Ireland Polity · Europe 1938 CE – 2026 CE
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