Manchuria
About Manchuria
Manchuria is a historical region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China and parts of the modern-day Russian Far East south of the Uda River and the Tukuringra-Dzhagdy ranges. The exact geographical extent varies depending on the definition: in the narrow sense, the area constituted by three Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning as well as the eastern Inner Mongolian prefectures of Hulunbuir, Hinggan, Tongliao, and Chifeng; in a broader sense, historical Manchuria includes those regions plus the Amur river basin, parts of which were ceded to the Russian Empire by the Manchu-led Qing dynasty during the Amur Annexation of 1858–1860. The parts of Manchuria ceded to Russia are collectively known as Outer Manchuria or Russian Manchuria, which include present-day Amur Oblast, Primorsky Krai, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the southern part of Khabarovsk Krai, and the eastern edge of Zabaykalsky Krai.
On the show — 6 mentions total
In 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria, thought, 'we'll pluck this former emperor, put him in charge' — but he's their puppet.
from 572: No Such Thing As A Simon Cowell Bell, 2025-02-27 at 00:40:04 · read transcript
Other times Manchuria came up
No. Okay, this was this was called the Marco Polo Bridge incident. It was 1937, often considered to be the start of the second Sino-Japanese War, which then evolved into World War II. So the story goes that in the 1930s, Japan had invaded and put it in a puppet government and named it Manchuria. Yeah, yeah. In July 1937, there was a Japanese private, Shumara Kikojuro, who was stationed near the bridge, and he went missing.
Little Fish: Yum Yum, Plum Plum, 2025-11-09 · listen
No. Okay, this was called the Marco Polo Bridge incident. It was 1937, often considered to be the start of the second Sino-Japanese War, which then evolved into World War II. So the story goes that in the 1930s, Japan had invaded and put it in a puppet government and named it Manchuria. So in July 1937, there was a Japanese private, Shumara Kikojuro, who was stationed near the bridge, and he went missing.
2. Little Fish: Yum Yum, Plum Plum, 2025-11-09 · listen
This is a light bit of beef and it's great. Anyway, and this is all about the Polish pilots who fought with the RAF during the Second World War. Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union simultaneously right at the start. Unless of course you think it started in 1930s with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. I kind of think it started with the Treaty of Versailles. I'm so glad we're having this chat.
545: No Such Thing As Lightning At Sea, 2024-08-22 · listen
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