Timeline - 1952 Nov 29

A CIA spy plane with John T. Downey (22) and Richard G. Fecteau (25) was shot down over Manchuria. The 2 men were captured and spent 20 years in a Chinese prison.

Timeline - 1948 Nov 01

Mao's Red army conquered Mukden, Manchuria.

Timeline - 1945 Aug 16

U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, who was taken prisoner by the Japanese on Corregidor on May 6, 1942, was released from a POW camp in Manchuria by U.S. troops.

Timeline - 1932 Jan 31

The Soviet premier told Japan to get out of Manchuria.

Timeline - 1932 Feb 18

Manchurian independence was formally declared.

Timeline - 1932 Jan 02

Japanese forces in Manchuria set up a puppet government known as Manchukuo.

Timeline - 1931 Nov 20

Japan and China rejected the League of Council terms for Manchuria at Geneva.

Timeline - 1931 Sep 19

Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria.

Timeline - 1931 Sep 18

Japan took Manchuria and renamed it Manchukuo.

Timeline - 1931 Sep 18

The Mukden Incident was initiated by the Japanese Kwantung Army in Mukden, without its own government's consent. It involved an explosion along the Japanese-controlled South Manchurian Railway. It was soon followed by the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and the eventual establishment of the Japanese-dominated state of Manchukuo to ensure a supply of natural resources. The neutrality of the area, and the ability of Japan to defend its colony in Korea, was threatened in the 1920s by efforts at unification of China. Within three months Japanese troops had spread out throughout Manchuria, an occupation that finally ended at the conclusion of the Second World War in 1945.

Timeline - 1929 Dec 22

Soviet troops left Manchuria after a truce was reached with the Chinese over the Eastern Railway dispute.

Timeline - 1929 Nov 18

Stalin sent troops to Manchuria.

Timeline - 1929 Sep 21

Fighting between China and the Soviet Union broke out along the Manchurian border.

Timeline - 1928

The Japanese army unilaterally instigated armed clashes in China's Manchuria region to justify full-scale intervention.

Timeline - 1910 Jan 21

Japan rejected the American proposal to neutralize ownership of the Manchurian Railway.

Timeline - 1907 Mar 22

Russians troops completed the evacuation of Manchuria in the face of advancing Japanese forces.

Timeline - 1905 Mar 05

Russians began to retreat from Mukden in Manchuria.

Timeline - 1905 Feb 27

Japanese pushed Russians back in Manchuria, and cross the Sha River.

Timeline - 1905 Jan 27

Russian General Kuropatkin took the offensive in Manchuria. The Japanese under General Oyama suffered heavy casualties.

Timeline - 1904 Feb 06

Japan's foreign minister severed all ties with Russia, citing delaying tactics in negotiations over Manchuria.

Timeline - 1904 Feb 04

Russia offered Korea to Japan and defended its right to occupy Manchuria.

Timeline - 1900 Nov 09

Russia completed its occupation of Manchuria.

Timeline - 1928 Jun 03

Manchurian warlord Chian Tso-Lin died as a result of a bomb blast set off by the Japanese, who were planning to invade and claim Manchuria.