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Second Sino-Japanese War - The Marco Polo Bridge Incident

Time: Wednesday Jul 7, 1937

Place: Beijing, China

Details: On the night of July 7, 1937, Chinese and Japanese troops exchanged fire in the vicinity of the Marco Polo (or Lugou) Bridge, a crucial access-route to Beijing. What began as confused, sporadic skirmishing soon escalated into a full-scale battle in which Beijing and its port city of Tianjin fell to Japanese forces (July–August 1937).

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