Mukden
Britishnoun
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Some have pointed out that the stabbing happened on the anniversary of the notorious Mukden Incident, when Japan faked an explosion to justify its invasion of Manchuria in 1931, triggering a 14-year war with China.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
The day of the crash was the 91st anniversary of the Mukden Incident, a pretext to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
Instead, the message said he wasn’t coming home: His B-29 had been lost over Mukden, Manchuria, and he was later declared MIA.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 31, 2022
After the war, Gen. Singlaub was based at Mukden before the Manchurian city fell to Chinese Communists forces in 1948 and Americans were expelled.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2022
It would be difficult to enumerate all the places of interest which Mukden contains, for everything is interesting to the Western mind, even to the smallest cottage with its curiously shaped roof and quaint style.
From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter
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