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One of the catalysts was the "accidental" sinking of the U.S.S. Panay in December, 1937.
This was an American-owned and flagged gunboat patrolling the Yangtze River. The Japanese didn't realize this (or so they claimed) because it was of Chinese make, and Japan was at war with China. The incident was contained but not forgotten when the Japanese ...
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