Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.
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Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.
On the 18th September 1931, the Manchurian Crisis – also known as the Mukden Incident –began when Japanese soldiers blew up a section of their own railway in the Chinese region of Manchuria.