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The 68 pages that link to Second Sino-Japanese War, each with the reason it gives.

• World War IIRelated: It shows that major fighting in Asia began before war broke out in Europe.

• Chinese Civil WarRelated: Japan’s defeat left rival Chinese armies positioned to compete for territory and political authority.

• First Sino-Japanese WarCompared with: It was a separate, later war with different causes, scale, and political setting.

• Chiang Kai-shekRelated: Chiang led China’s Nationalist government through the prolonged conflict with Japan.

• Chinese Communist RevolutionRelated: The Japanese invasion weakened the Nationalists and allowed Communist forces to expand their influence.

• ManchukuoNarrower topic: Manchukuo became a major Japanese base and a source of troops and resources during the war.

• Imperial Japanese ArmyBroader topic: It became the army’s largest and longest-running campaign.

• Attack on Pearl HarborRelated: Japan’s war in China deepened its conflict with the United States.

• Japanese invasion of ManchuriaNarrower topic: Manchuria’s occupation preceded and helped prepare the expansion of war in China.

• Hideki TojoRelated: The ongoing war intensified the crises Tojo confronted as army minister and prime minister.

• Nanjing MassacreNarrower topic: The massacre occurred during Japan’s invasion of China in this larger war.

• Warlord EraRelated: Foreign invasion again strained the fragile unity established after the warlord period.

• HirohitoRelated: It turned expansion in China into a prolonged, devastating conflict during Hirohito’s reign.

• Japanese militarismBroader topic: The prolonged conflict expanded military control and consumed national resources.

• Comfort womenRelated: Japanese military brothels expanded during this war, before Japan’s wider Pacific conflict.

• Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity SphereRelated: The prolonged war in China intensified Japan’s search for regional resources and political support.

• Second United FrontNarrower topic: The alliance was formed within this larger conflict and organized resistance to Japan.

• Second Italo-Ethiopian WarRelated: Its timing and unopposed aggression invite comparison with the international response to Italy’s invasion.

• ChongqingRelated: Chongqing served as China’s wartime capital after the Japanese capture of Nanjing.

• Marco Polo Bridge IncidentNarrower topic: The incident escalated into this prolonged war after negotiations failed to contain the fighting.

• Kwantung ArmyNarrower topic: The army's actions in Manchuria contributed to the conflict's escalation across China.

• PuyiRelated: Manchukuo’s role in Japan’s wartime order defined Puyi’s later reign.

• Yan'an Rectification MovementRelated: Wartime expansion and security pressures shaped the campaign’s timing and organizational aims.

• Chinese RevolutionRelated: Japanese occupation reshaped the balance and tactics of the civil-war rivals.

• Shōwa eraRelated: It marked the escalation of Japan’s continental war.

• Unit 731Related: The unit expanded its experiments and biological attacks during the conflict.

• Battle of ShanghaiNarrower topic: The Shanghai battle was one of its earliest major campaigns.

• Nanjing decadeBroader topic: Japan’s full-scale invasion in 1937 ended the decade and forced the government inland.

• Xi'an IncidentNarrower topic: The united-front agreement redirected Chinese forces toward the war with Japan.

• Soviet–Japanese WarNarrower topic: Japan’s prolonged continental war left its forces committed across China and Manchuria.

• Wang JingweiNarrower topic: Wang’s government emerged during this war as an alternative to continued resistance against Japan.

• Japanese EmpireRelated: The invasion deepened Japanese occupation and turned imperial expansion into a prolonged continental war.

• Sino-Japanese relationsBroader topic: Japanese invasion and occupation left historical wounds central to postwar relations.

• Soong Mei-lingRelated: The conflict was the focus of her international appeals for Chinese support.

• 1938 Yellow River floodNarrower topic: The flood was a Nationalist military measure within this wider conflict.

• Allies of World War IIRelated: China was fighting Japan years before the European war began.

• Battle of WuhanNarrower topic: The Battle of Wuhan was one of its largest early campaigns.

• Japanese occupation of ChinaNarrower topic: The occupation was the territorial and political dimension of this wider conflict.

• Vasily ChuikovRelated: Chuikov served as a Soviet military adviser to China during the conflict.

• Cai ChushengRelated: Wartime displacement and its aftermath structure The Spring River Flows East.

• Fumimaro KonoeRelated: Konoe took office as the conflict began and oversaw its expansion.

• Lianhua Film CompanyRelated: The invasion of Shanghai disrupted the company’s operations and changed the conditions for filmmaking.

• Tanggu TruceRelated: The truce’s temporary calm preceded renewed full-scale conflict.

• World War II in the PacificNarrower topic: Japan’s prolonged war in China preceded and shaped its Pacific campaigns.

• National Palace MuseumRelated: Museum treasures were moved repeatedly to protect them during this war.

• Phoney WarCompared with: Extensive combat in Asia continued while the Western Front remained comparatively inactive.

• Saionji KinmochiBroader topic: Saionji’s death in 1940 came as this war intensified and Japan mobilized for prolonged conflict.

• Battle of Lake KhasanCompared with: Unlike this brief frontier battle, it became a prolonged war across China.

• Lao SheRelated: War and occupation became central historical conditions in his later fiction.

• Mitsuo FuchidaRelated: Fuchida gained operational experience as a naval aviator during the conflict.