After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, we often hear the word "arch fire", that is, the United States and the West do not want the war to end and constantly instigate Ukraine to continue fighting.
However, these evil countries in the United States and the West do not adopt an attitude of "arching fire" in all conflicts and wars, and when there is "appeasement", they are simply representatives of shameless double standards.
On September 18, 1931, a Japanese officer, at the behest of his superiors, detonated a small bomb under a Japanese-owned railway bridge in Mukden (present-day Shenyang), China, causing minor damage to the bridge. Japanese authorities blamed local Chinese resistance groups for the explosion, and the Japanese Kwantung Army launched attacks on all military targets in the area the following day. Zhang Xueliang, a patriotic general with 200,000 troops, instructed his subordinates not to resist and retreated all the way to Guannei.
On February 5, 1932, in less than half a year, the Japanese army occupied the entire territory of the three northeastern provinces. On March 1, 1932, the puppet state of Manchukuo was established.
More than 30 million compatriots became slaves of the country, and more than one million square kilometers of territory became the base for Japan's later invasion of China's hinterland.
After the 918 Incident, the Kuomintang government filed a complaint with the League of Nations the next day. It should be noted that the main voice of the League of Nations at that time was in the hands of Britain and France.
On December 10, 1931, the League of Nations passed a resolution deciding that Sir Lytton, a Britishman, would lead a survey mission from Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Italy to investigate the "918" incident on the spot. The League of Nations investigation mission conducted a six-week field investigation in the northeast and drafted the "Report of the Lytton Investigation Mission" of more than 140,000 words.
On January 7, 1932, U.S. Secretary of State Stimson sent a note to China and Japan, declaring that Japan's military action in northeast China was an act of aggression, a violation of China's territory and sovereignty, and a violation of the Treaty of Versailles, which the United States Government would not recognize.
At midnight on January 28, 1932, the Marines of the First Foreign Fleet of the Japanese Navy raided the north of Shanghai in three ways, and the 1.28 Incident (that is, the Songhu War of Resistance) broke out. The Nationalist troops stationed in Shanghai resisted and dealt a head-on blow to the Japanese. Zhang Zhizhong then led the Fifth Army of the Central Army to reinforce Shanghai, and the two sides reached a stalemate. On February 28, the ministers of Britain, France, and the United States intervened to mediate. On May 5, China and Japan signed the "Songhu Armistice Agreement", stipulating that the Chinese National Revolutionary Army could not be stationed in Shanghai, but could only retain the security force, and Japan obtained the right to garrison troops in Shanghai.
On January 1, 1933, the Japanese army began to invade Shanhaiguan, pointing the spearhead of the invasion at North China, which was resisted by the Chinese army. On May 31, China and Japan signed the Tanggu Agreement, which stipulated the withdrawal of Chinese troops south of the Great Wall and designated large areas of Rehe and eastern Hebei as "demilitarized zones." Japan opened the door to North China and began to implement a plan to completely separate North China and turn North China into a "second Manchukuo".
On January 15, 1933, the new President of the United States. Roosevelt issued a notice to various countries that the United States would not recognize Manchukuo, expressing a tough attitude towards Japan.
On February 24, 1933, the League of Nations Assembly adopted the Report of the Lytton Inquiry and pointed out that the sovereignty of Northeast China belonged to the Republic of China; Japan's violation of the Covenant of the League of Nations usurped the territory of China and made it independent; The "918 Incident" Japanese military action was not self-defense; "Manchukuo" did not come from a movement of national self-determination, but was planned and organized by the Japanese General Staff Headquarters and carried out by the Japanese army. It was also suggested that both Chinese and Japanese armies withdraw from the northeast, and that the three northeastern provinces be jointly administered by the Western powers. The Kuomintang government expressed "acceptance in principle," while Japan, dissatisfied with the condemnation of the League of Nations, announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations.
Although the international community generally agrees with the US position, it has not taken substantial action to curb Japan's aggression against China.
In order to avoid conflict with Japan, the Soviet Union repeatedly affirmed to Japan the importance it attached to maintaining and consolidating relations with Japan and maintained a neutral stance against Japan's aggression against China. The attitude of the Soviet Union enabled Japan to eliminate its worries about the future and objectively encouraged Japan's ambition to invade China.
The National Government had pinned its hopes on the League of Nations, the largest international organization in the world at the time. However, Western politicians were now focused on Europe and did not lend a helping hand to China.
The appeasement attitude of the League of Nations made Japan no longer jealous of the international community, and it sent a wrong signal to Japan, which had tasted the sweetness and went further and further down the road of aggression, and finally dragged the Asian people into the abyss of war.
If Chiang Kai-shek had a spirit in the sky and saw the United States and the West arching the fire on Ukraine, I don't know if he would scold: Niang Xipi!