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Manchuria
It all started on 18 September 1931, with the Japanese army invading North-East China. This move, some say, was actually the beginning of WWII, but in the Asian theater.Some, say it started after 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge incident, and like others, think it started with the invasion of Poland on September 1ST 1939, and the declaration of war 2 days after by Britain and France. The Japanese occupation was brutal and economically devastating for the newly founded 'state':Manchuria.The Japanese made use of the economy to suit their goal of supplying mainland Japan with agricultural and Industrial material taken from Manchuria.Bonds, cash all was made to extract as much as they could, leaving just the minimum needed to sustain the local Chinese population.Soy beans, coal, metal-everything was harnessed and shipped back home.Here is an example of such control they had on the economy: a scan of an issued bond by the Manchurian Government, SPECIMEN, from 1941 (kept by the CBM in Harbin or Xinjing).
It all started on 18 September 1931, with the Japanese army invading North-East China. This move, some say, was actually the beginning of WWII, but in the Asian theater.Some, say it started after 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge incident, and like others, think it started with the invasion of Poland on September 1ST 1939, and the declaration of war 2 days after by Britain and France. The Japanese occupation was brutal and economically devastating for the newly founded 'state':Manchuria.The Japanese made use of the economy to suit their goal of supplying mainland Japan with agricultural and Industrial material taken from Manchuria.Bonds, cash all was made to extract as much as they could, leaving just the minimum needed to sustain the local Chinese population.Soy beans, coal, metal-everything was harnessed and shipped back home.Here is an example of such control they had on the economy: a scan of an issued bond by the Manchurian Government, SPECIMEN, from 1941 (kept by the CBM in Harbin or Xinjing).
