War and Conflict, 2nd Sino-Japanese War, (1937-1945), A Japanese railroad guard is refreshed by a cup of tea from a friendly chinese near Tientsin, Northern China, Following the two countries conflict at the end of the 19th century, further hostilities de

War and Conflict, 2nd Sino-Japanese War, (1937-1945), A Japanese railroad guard is refreshed by a cup of tea from a friendly chinese near Tientsin, Northern China, Following the two countries conflict at the end of the 19th century, further hostilities developed after the Manchurian Incident of 1931 when the Japanese Army occupied Manchuria and set up the puppet state of Manchukuo, pressing the Chinese to recognise the independent state of Manchukuo and cease anti-Japanese activities, With the situation deteriorating in 1937 a clash between Japanese and Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge was the pretext for full scale war and Japanese occupation of Beijing and Tianjin (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)