Did the Marco Polo bridge incident start over a missing Japanese soldier? Was it a genuine misunderstanding, or a staged incident to initiate hostilities? - Quora
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The Marco Polo Bridge incident near Beijing, in 1937, triggers the 2nd Sino-Japanese War, which would lead to Japanese occupation of China during WWII, and the subsequent counter attack by China. :
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MASSOLIT - China – Sino-Japanese Relations, c.1840-1945: The Marco Polo Bridge Incident | Video lecture by Dr Marjorie Dryburgh, Sheffield University
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84th anniversary of July 7 Incident commemorated; 'Today's China is no longer that of 1937' - Global Times
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