Japan Invades China

Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) soldiers marching in formation, Meiji bolt action rifles with affixed bayonets slung over right shoulders / Chinese Nationalist Army officers meeting, saluting British Army officers in courtyard, then dispersing and exiting grounds; British officers carry saberlike swords / aerial of the Great Wall of China snaking along mountainous countryside / Chinese Nationalist officers and political guests walking from British biplane fighter parked in field / Chinese Nationalist Army soldiers wearing British Mk1 helmets marching with firearms along Great Wall of China / Homeland defense / damaged bridge spanning river / Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) soldiers dressed in heavy winter fatigues marching through archway and into courtyard after invading Manchuria; lead soldiers blow horns / IJA soldiers riding in truck / three biplane fighters in flight / Aerial shot of Great Wall of China snaking through mountainous countryside / three IJA soldiers in winter fatigues standing guard on hill remnant of Great Wall, flag of Japan fluttering in wind from Meiji rifle being held by sentry wearing furry cap / Emperor of Manchukuo (Manchuria) HENRY PU YI (Henry PuYi, Pu Yi, Aisin Gioro, K'ang Te, The Last Emperor) dressed in formal military regalia, ascending stepped platform, saluting; Pu Yi looking grim / Foreign Minister of Japan YOSUKE MATSUOKA smoking pipe, sitting in chair, talking / IJA general bowing / harbor, port, freighters in China / Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) sailors walking along dock / Chinese man riding on crane hoisting cargo onto freighter ship / Chinese peasants sweeping docks, carrying basket sling beside docked freighter. Japan Invades China on January 01, 1934 in China (Footage by Getty Images)