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| Battle of Blagovescensk Fumimaro, Konoe |  |
| Blagovescensk Japan & Russia clash on the Manchurian-Siberian border |
| Battle of Blagoveshchensk Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| Blagoveshchensk Japan & Russia clash on the Manchurian-Siberian border |
| Battle of Hunchun Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| Hunchun Japan & Russia clash on the Manchurian-Siberian border |
| Birth of Hashimoto, Ryutaro Hashimoto, Ryutaro | |
| 30th July Soja City Birth of Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Capture of Nanking Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| Nanking Japan captures Nanjing/Nanking (350,000 Chinese are killed and 100,000 women are raped during the "rape of Nanking") |
| Chief of Staff Tojo, Hideki | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Kuomintang Army in Manchuria |
| Commander Combined Fleet Ozawa, Jisaburo | |
| Appointed Commander of the Combined Fleet |
| Diplomacy Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| 5th July The KMT & Chinese Communists sign a pact & declare that Japan is their common enemy |
| General Hata, Shunroku | |
| Appointed General |
| Incident Marco Polo Bridge Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| 7th July Peiking A skirmish takes place between Japanese & Chinese troops near Peiking |
| Invasion of China Teh, Chu | |
| Japan invades China & Teh reluctantly supports Chiang Kai-shek's National Army |
| Invasion of China Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| Sep Japan mobilizes & begins major expansion in northern & central China |
| Invasion of Manchuria Hayashi, Senjuro | |
| Manchuria Japan launches a full scale invasion of the rest of Manchuria |
| Manchuria Kai-shek refuses to capitulate & Japan ocupies parts of nth China & coastal cities |
| Massacre Nanking Asaka | |
| 13th Dec Nanking 20,000 Chinese men are marched out of the city & used for bayonet practice |
| Mobilization Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| 7th July Manchuria The Government orders troops to be mobilized in Manchuria & Korea |
| Aug The Chinese order the full mobilization of their military & fighting commences |
| Aug Shanghai Japan sends troops into Shanghai |
| Prime Minister Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| Prime Minister Hayashi, Senjuro | |
| Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| Rape of Nanking Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Nanking Japan captures Nanjing/Nanking (350,000 Chinese are killed and 100,000 women are raped during the "rape of Nanking") |
| Siege of Nanking Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Nanking Japan captures Nanjing/Nanking (350,000 Chinese are killed and 100,000 women are raped during the "rape of Nanking") |
| Siege of Nanking Asaka | |
| 13th Dec Nanking 1st day of the rape of Nanking, orderred by Asaka |
| 13th Dec Nanking 20,000 Chinese men are marched out of the city & used for bayonet practice |
| 13th Dec Nanking 20,000 women & girls are gang raped by the Japanese, male prisoners are shot |
| Siege of Nanking Chichibu | |
| 13th Dec Nanking Helps oversee Japanese looting |
| Siege of Nanking Takeda | |
| 13th Dec Nanking Helps oversee Japanese looting |
