FALSE FLAG OPERATION (1931): At 10:30 PM, the Seventh Brigade of the Army of Japan dynamites the South Manchuria railway.  This immediately isolates the province of Manchuria from the rest of China.  Ten thousand Soldiers strategically place themselves into position, seizing effective control.

       Postscript: The Army of Japan, shortly thereafter, installed dethroned Emperor Henry Pi Yu, of China, as puppet emperor of the renamed province of Manchukuo.

       NOTES:

• A false flag operation is a clandestine action usually carried out by a group with an agenda, done in such a way to mislead a population into believing it is being done by someone else.
• In the opinion of history, and of the editors and writers, we are forced to agree on prima facie evidence alone that this is a False Flag incident at least in the military way.

       [added 7/1/2022] Thanks to Jim Lorenz and Bill Holmes for this entry.