Imperial Japan instigates the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukden_Incident" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mukden Incident">Mukden Incident</a> as a pretext to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese invasion of Manchuria">invade and occupy Manchuria</a>.