Casus belli
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A casus belli is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. A casus belli involves direct offenses or threats against the nation declaring the war, whereas a casus foederis i
Cartoon of belligerent Uncle Sam placing Spain on notice, c. 1898
Alfred Naujocks, who organized and led the Gleiwitz incident on the orders of Reinhard Heydrich
February 5, 2003 – U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell holding a model vial of anthrax while giving the presentation to the UN Security Council
Marco Polo Bridge incident
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The Marco Polo Bridge incident, also known as the Lugou Bridge incident or the July 7 incident, was a three-day battle that began on 7 July 1937 in the district of Beijing between the 29th Army of the
Casus belli
…commission assess the feasibility, which concluded that this would not be feasible for a number of reasons. In Manchukuo, the Empire of Japan staged the Marco Polo Bridge incident in 1937 as a casus belli to initiate the Second Sino-Japanese War, often considered to be the start of the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War. In…
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Allied Commander-in-Chief in the China theater between 1942 and 1945
Damage from the Japanese shells on the wall of Wanping Fortress, now marked with a memorial plaque