The Invasion of Manchuria 1931-1932 | The Defense of Harbin

This episode covers the Defense of Harbin, part of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1931-1932.
In 1931, Japan initiated an unofficial war against China, invading Manchuria and seeking alliances with local leaders. Despite Chiang Kai-shek's orders to refrain from resistance, General Ma Zhanshan opposed the Japanese during the Jiangqiao campaign. Recognizing Ma's growing reputation, the Japanese attempted to persuade him to cooperate. However, Ma remained loyal to the Nanjing government.
Simultaneously, General Ding Chao resisted Japanese control in Harbin, organizing the Kirin Self-defense Army. With limited support from Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese resistance faced escalating Japanese aggression. In January 1932, the Japanese ordered General Xi Qiu to seize Harbin and attack Ma's headquarters in Hailun.
The Kirin Self-defense Corps, under Ding Chao's leadership, fortified Harbin, repelling Xi Qia's forces. Japanese attempts to intervene were hindered by severe weather and Soviet opposition. Despite Ting Chao's efforts, Harbin fell to the Japanese after a fierce battle.
Following Ting Chao's defeat, Ma Zhanshan surrendered, receiving a prominent position within the newly established Manchukuo regime. With Ting Chao's offer to cease hostilities, Chinese resistance in Manchuria ended, and on March 1st, 1932, Puyi was crowned as the ruler of Manchukuo.
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01:26 Ma Zhanshan's struggle
04:00 The Defense of Harbin
07:10 Ceasefire & establishment of Manchukuo
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Could you please cover the the Pacification of Manchukuo (1931-1942), the January 28 incident, (1932), the Defense of the Great Wall (1933), the Inner Mongolian campaign (1933-1936), the Battle of Pochonbo (1937) and the Sino-Japanese War from 7 July 1937 to 9 December 1941 as the World War Two KZbin channel didn't cover the Battle of West Suiyuan (1940), the Battle of Wuyuan (1940) and the Western Hubei Operation (1941) and as the Kings and Generals KZbin channel didn't cover the period from 18 September 1931 to 7 December 1941 with as much details compared to the period that they covered from 7 December 1941 to 2 September 1945 ? I believe that the videos of the Kings and Generals KZbin channel covering the period from 28 July 1943 to 2 September 1945 will eventually be released for free beginning during summer 2026.

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Do you have a list of sources that you used in writing this script?

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Yup, the books appear at the end of the episode (articles I usually don't add, too many): -Hahn, Emily. 1955. Chiang Kai-shek, an unauthorized biography. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company. -Jansen, Marius B. 2000. The making of modern Japan. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. -Alexander. 2018 Hosie Manchuria: Its people, resources and recent history. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group -Rana Mitter. 2000. The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China, University Lecturer in History and Politics of Modern China -Japan Erupts. THE LONDON NAVAL CONLERENCE and the MANCHURIAN INCIDENT,1928-1932Selected translations fromToiheiyo senso e no michi:kaisen gaiko shi Edited by JAMES WILLIAM MORLEY -Peattie, Mark R. 1975. Ishiwara Kanji and Japan’s Confrontation with the West. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. -Mitter, Rana. 2013. Forgotten ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945. -Pike, Francis. 2015. Hirohito's war: the Pacific war, 1941-1945.