![]() The Chinese war effort was hindered by internal conflict between Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist Kuomintang government and the communist insurgency led by Mao Zedong. Japanese forces committed notorious atrocities during the invasion of China, including the 1937 massacres known as the Rape of Nanking. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937 resulted in open war between Japan and China. As early as 1931, Japanese forces occupied Manchuria and set up a puppet state called Manchukuo. Japan’s invasion of China was the primary cause of World War II in East Asia. You Gotta Know These World War II Campaigns in the Pacific Theater ![]() Current: Campaigns in the Pacific Theater of World War II. ![]()
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