One aspect of the Manchurian Incident (January 1931) was an engagement of the Imperial Japanese Army with Chinese forces. In this battle, a Japanese tank force saw action for the first time. 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Imperial Japanese Army (大日本å¸åœ‹é™¸è» Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official armed force of Japan from 1867 to 1945. ...
When the Manchurian Incident happened, the IJA organized a temporary tank unit and sent it to Manchuria. It participated in the battle around Harbin. However, tanks had little chance to fight, because the Chinese forces had withdrawn seeing the Japanese forces heavily armed. One aspect of the Manchurian Incident (January 1931) was an engagement of the Imperial Japanese Army with Chinese forces. ... The Imperial Japanese Army (大日本帝国陸軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was in existence from the Meiji Reformation to the end of World War II (1867 to 1945). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Date : Jan., 1931
Place : Harbin, Manchuria
Opponent : Chinese Army
Tank Unit: 1st Special Tank Company
Commander: Captain Hyakutake
Tanks: One tank platoon (Renault FT17 and Renault NC27 tanks)
The Mukden Incident of September 18, 1931, also called the ManchurianIncident, occurred in southern Manchuria when a section of railroad, owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway, near Mukden (today's Shenyang) was blown up by Japanese junior officers.
In Chinese, this incident is referred to as the September 18 Incident (Chinese: 九·一八事变/九·一八事變) or Liutiaogou Incident (Chinese:柳條溝事變), or in Japanese as the ManchurianIncident (Kyūjitai: 滿洲事變, Shinjitai: 満州事変).
The main instigators of the incident were Kanji Ishihara and Seishiro Itagaki, staff officers of the Kwantung Army, a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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