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(1952)
Empires and revolutions
1895–1918
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1919–1929
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1930–1938
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1939–1945
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May
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1931
May
19
The launch of the Deutschland
On 19 May 1931 the Deutschland, Germany's first large warship since Versailles, was launched at Kiel – 10,000 tons on paper, with unexpectedly heavy guns.
September
18
Key event
The Mukden incident
On 18 September 1931 Kwantung Army officers blew up a stretch of railway near Mukden, blamed the Chinese and that same night attacked the Chinese barracks.
19
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria begins
On 19 September 1931 the Kwantung Army took Mukden and the railway towns. Tokyo said it did not want the fighting to spread, but the army ignored it.