What the records say
- When
- 29 Jul 1937
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Deaths
- 223
- Coordinates
- 39.80° N, 116.80° E
- Description
- assault on Japanese civilians and troops
Tongzhou mutiny
1937 attempted rebellion in China
The Tongzhou mutiny, sometimes referred to as the Tongzhou Massacre, was an assault on Japanese civilians and troops by the security forces of East Hebei Autonomous Government in Tongzhou, China, on 29 July 1937, shortly after the Marco Polo Bridge incident, which triggered the outbreak of Second Sino-Japanese War. Approximately 260 Japanese and Korean residents were brutally killed in the assault.
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