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