marco polo bridge incident

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Definition of marco polo bridge incident in English English dictionary

Conflict in 1937 between Chinese and Japanese troops near the Marco Polo Bridge outside Beijing. The incident was a culmination of the growing tensions between the two sides increasing Japanese aggression and Chinese reaction against it after Japan had occupied northeastern China and established its puppet state of Manchukuo in 1931. The skirmish expanded into a general war between Japan and China

Hyphenation

Mar·co Po·lo bridge in·ci·dent

Turkish pronunciation

märkō pōlō brîc însıdınt

Pronunciation

/ˈmärkō ˈpōlō ˈbrəʤ ˈənsədənt/ /ˈmɑːrkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ ˈbrɪʤ ˈɪnsədənt/