In July 1937, Japan captured the former Chinese imperial capital of Peking after instigating the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which culminated in the Japanese campaign to invade all of China.
En xullo de 1937 o Xapón capturou a antiga capital imperial chinesa de Pequín tras instigar o incidente da ponte Marco Polo, que culminou nunha campaña xaponesa para invadir toda a China.