{"id":83756,"date":"2023-07-22T04:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=83756"},"modified":"2023-07-22T09:56:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T13:56:36","slug":"did-japan-start-ww2-in-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/07\/22\/did-japan-start-ww2-in-1937\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Japan Start WW2 in 1937?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dPwoknKVnxs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 21 Jul 2023<\/p>\n<p>In 1937 Japan invaded the Republic of China after already annexing Manchuria in 1931. 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