The Manchurian War of Independence

Following a period of internal power struggles between the Japanese administrators and the government of the Manchu leader, the fight for supremacy in Manchuria has finally reached a boiling point. Reportedly, the confrontation was set off by an incident in the Imperial Household, in which a Japanese General supposedly insulted the Emperor of Manchukuo by demanding that he bow. Outraged, the Manchu leader replied that "The Son of Heaven does not bow" and struck the General with his cane, before ordering his military to remove all Japanese soldiers from Chinese soil immediately.