Sino–Soviet conflict (1929)
Encyclopedia
The Sino–Soviet conflict of 1929 (1929年 中東路事件) was a minor armed conflict between the Soviet Union
and Chinese warlord
Zhang Xueliang
of the Republic of China
over the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway.
When the Chinese seized the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway in 1929, swift Soviet military intervention quickly put an end to the crisis and forced the Chinese to accept restoration of joint Soviet-Chinese administration of the railway.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and Chinese warlord
Warlord era
The Chinese Warlord Era was the period in the history of the Republic of China, from 1916 to 1928, when the country was divided among military cliques, a division that continued until the fall of the Nationalist government in the mainland China regions of Sichuan, Shanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia,...
Zhang Xueliang
Zhang Xueliang
Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang , occasionally called Peter Hsueh Liang Chang in English, nicknamed the Young Marshal , was the effective ruler of Manchuria and much of North China after the assassination of his father, Zhang Zuolin, by the Japanese on 4 June 1928...
of the Republic of China
Republic of China (1912–1949)
In 1911, after over two thousand years of imperial rule, a republic was established in China and the monarchy overthrown by a group of revolutionaries. The Qing Dynasty, having just experienced a century of instability, suffered from both internal rebellion and foreign imperialism...
over the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway.
When the Chinese seized the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway in 1929, swift Soviet military intervention quickly put an end to the crisis and forced the Chinese to accept restoration of joint Soviet-Chinese administration of the railway.
External links
- Sino-Soviet 1929 conflict discussion on AxisHistory forum (photographs, literature)
Time magazine coverage
- From Jul. 22, 1929 Time Magazine, C. E. R. Seized
- From Jul. 29, 1929 Time Magazine, Growling & Hissing
- From Aug. 5, 1929 Time Magazine, Imposing Peace
- From Aug. 26, 1929 Time Magazine, Growing Graver
- From Sep. 2, 1929 Time Magazine , Blucher v. Chiang
- From Sep. 9, 1929 Time Magazine, Peace
- From the Dec. 2, 1929 TIME magazine, Manchuria in the Vise
- From the Dec. 9, 1929 TIME magazine Not One Square Inch!"
- From the Dec. 16, 1929 TIME magazine, 400 Million Humiliations