Japan Extends Annexation of China 1933

Seven Man Army, 1976 Hong Kong film by Director Chang Cheh

In 1933, citing security issues in Manchukuo, the Japanese attacked the Great Wall region, annexing Rehe province and a demilitarized zone between the Great Wall and Beiping-Tianjin region. The result was creation of a buffer region between Manchukuo and the Chinese Nationalist government in Nanjing.

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