 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna September 1931, Mauto eJapan - achiita oga pasina kubvumirwa nehurumende - akatora kudzora Manchuria, nharaunda ine chisimba iyo China yakanga isina kudzora kwemakumi emakore. Yakagadzira hurumende yechidhori yeManchukuo. Britain neFrance zvakatodzora League of Nations, iyo yakabudisa Lytton Report muna 1932, ichitaura kuti Japan yakanga ine zvichemo zvechokwadi, asi yakaita zvisiri pamutemo mukutora dunhu rose. Japan yakasiya Sangano, Britain haina kuita chiito. Gurukota reHurumende reU.S. rinozivisa kuti harisati richizoziva kukunda kweJapan sokwakafanira. Germany yakagamuchira zviito zveJapan. 