Rehe (热河 or 熱河 pinyin: Rèhé, lit. hot river), also known as Jehol, is a defunct Chineseprovince that used to consist of part of today Hebei Province, Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia.
Jehol was the name used in the 1930s for the province of China north of the Great Wall, west of Manchuria, and east of Mongolia.
It was seized by the Japanese as a follow-up to the Mukden Incident in an operation beginning on January 21, 1933 and was attached to Manchukuo and not restored until the end of the war in August 1945.
The seizure of Jehol was one of the most important of many incidents in the 1930s that poisoned relations between Japan and China, and between Japan and the western countries.
It was seized by the Japanese during World War II on January 21, 1933 and attached to Manchukuo and not restored until the end of the war in August 1945.
The Jehol campaign was the only occasion in which General Hideki Tojo commanded troops in combat.
The seizure of Jehol was one of the most imortant of many incidents in the 1930s that poisoned relations between Japan and China, and between Japan and the western countries.
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