Above: Unburied corpses during the massacre in Marco Polo Bridge 1937 Tensions were simmering between China and Japan. Only an excuse was needed to ignite the flames. A minor incident on Marco Polo Bridge (near Beijing) between Japanese and Chinese soldiers on 7th July 1937, gave the excuse for Japan to jump into war against China. This was the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The brush between the two Asian powers also speeded up the formal announcement of the second ... Read More

Above: Map of Estonia and her neighboring countries (click map to enlarge) Estonia fought for her independence from Soviet Russia. The war dragged on from November 1928 to January 1929. After the fall of Germany in November 1918, concluding World War I, the temporary government of Estonia started to operate again. It got the support of the Kaitseliit. The latter was a military alliance, which had come into existence during the time of German occupation. Above: Estonian Infantry Unit ... Read More