Manchukuo

Manchukuo was a colony in Manchuria (East Asia) that lasted from 1932 to 1945 CE, about 13 years. Its people spoke Japonic languages (Japanese, Ryukyuan).

A Japanese puppet state with the last Qing emperor Puyi as its figurehead. Japan built mines and factories there, and Unit 731 ran germ warfare experiments near Harbin; the Soviet invasion of August 1945 ended it.

See Manchukuo on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: 1932 to 1945 CE
Duration: 13 years
Type: Colony
Region: Manchuria, East Asia
Language family: Japonic
Capital: Hsinking (Changchun)

Came from

Kwantung Leased Territory 1905 to 1945 CE
Fengtian clique 1916 to 1931 CE

Events in East Asia during its time

1937 War with Japan and the Nanjing massacre
1945 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Neighbours in East Asia

Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE
Ganden Phodrang (Dalai Lama government) 1642 to 1951 CE
Republic of China (mainland) 1912 to 1949 CE
Portuguese Macau 1557 to 1999 CE
British Hong Kong 1841 to 1997 CE
Japanese Taiwan 1895 to 1945 CE
Kwantung Leased Territory 1905 to 1945 CE
Japanese Korea 1910 to 1945 CE
Allied occupation of Japan 1945 to 1952 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia
Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE, Europe

Questions

When did Manchukuo exist?

1932 to 1945 CE, about 13 years.

Where was Manchukuo?

Manchuria, in East Asia. Its capital was Hsinking (Changchun).

What language did Manchukuo speak?

Japonic. This family includes Japanese, Ryukyuan.

What came before Manchukuo?

Kwantung Leased Territory and Fengtian clique.