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1. Second Sino Japanese War

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   The Marco Polo Bridge Incident
   On July 7, 1937, a minor skirmish between Chinese and Japanese forces near the Marco Polo Bridge (Lugou Bridge) outside Beijing escalated into full-scale war. The incident, ostensibly triggered by a lost Japanese soldier searching for his pet hamster, provided Japan with a pretext for invasion.[^3] Within weeks, Japanese forces had captured Beijing and Tianjin, establishing military control over northern China.
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