First and Second Sino-Japanese Wars

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Across
  1. 2. - Region invaded by Japan in 1931, sparking tension
  2. 4. - Atrocity involving mass murder and assault of civilians by Japanese forces
  3. 9. - Nation whose independence from China was declared in 1895
  4. 11. - Japanese army responsible for occupying Manchuria
  5. 13. - Treaty that ended the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895
  6. 14. - Symbolic Japanese battleship name used in propaganda during the war
  7. 17. - Japanese attack that expanded WWII into the Pacific theater
  8. 18. - Group that China joined in WWII after 1941
  9. 19. - City where the staged railway explosion took place in 1931
  10. 20. - Chinese dynasty defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War
  11. 21. - Last emperor of China, installed by Japan to lead puppet state of Manchukuo
Down
  1. 1. - City where Japanese troops committed a brutal massacre in 1937
  2. 3. - Chinese Nationalist leader during the Second Sino-Japanese War
  3. 5. - 1937 clash that triggered the Second Sino-Japanese War
  4. 6. - Supply route used by the Allies to aid China during WWII
  5. 7. - 1937 agreement where USSR promised not to attack China
  6. 8. - League of Nations investigation that condemned Japan’s actions in Manchuria
  7. 10. - Japan’s staged explosion used as an excuse to invade Manchuria
  8. 12. - Puppet state set up by Japan in Manchuria
  9. 15. - Island ceded to Japan after the First Sino-Japanese War
  10. 16. - Province targeted in a Japanese retaliation campaign in 1942