Northern Eurasia 1929: 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict

1928–1932First Five-Year Plan
begins collectivization of agriculture;
leads to famines across Soviet Union

Dec 1928Manchurian warlord
declares for Nationalists

10 Jul 1929Manchurian warlord
seizes Chinese
Eastern Railway

22 Jul–20 Nov 1929Soviet Union
invades Manchuria

1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict

14 Nov 1927 Rise of Stalin 20 Nov 1929 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict 2 Jun 1932 Japanese Conquest of Manchuria 25 Nov 1936 Anti-Comintern Pact 22 Aug 1939 Soviet-Japanese Border Wars 28 Oct 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 6 Mar 1940 Winter War 3 Jul 1940 Nazi-Soviet Honeymoon 21 Jun 1941 Eve of Barbarossa

By 1929, Chiang Kaishek's Nationalists were rapidly reunifying China. With Chiang's backing, the Manchurian warlord seized the part-Soviet administered Chinese Eastern Railway. The Soviets responded with a two-pronged invasion, swiftly forcing the Manchurians to come to terms and demonstrating China's continued weakness.

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Stalin implements First Five-Year Plan in Soviet Union in wikipedia

Fengtian clique leader Zhang Xueliang accepts Chinese Nationalist Government, symbolically reunifying China in wikipedia

Fengtian clique seizes Chinese Eastern Railway in wikipedia

Soviet Union invades Manchuria in wikipedia