Kwantung Leased Territory

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The Kwantung Leased Territory was a strategically important area in southern Manchuria controlled by Imperial Japan in the early 20th century, serving as a key military and colonial foothold on the Asian mainland.

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Generate an image of the Kwantung Leased Territory (The Kwantung Leased Territory was a strategically important area in southern Manchuria controlled by Imperial Japan in the early 20th century, serving as a key military and colonial foothold on the Asian mainland.)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial possession ⓘ
former territory ⓘ
leased territory ⓘ
administeredBy Kwantung Government-General ⓘ
associatedWith South Manchurian Railway Company ⓘ
borderedBy Manchukuo ⓘ
capital Dairen ⓘ
conflict Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
World War II in Asia ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
continent Asia ⓘ
controlledBy Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
country Imperial Japan ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Han Chinese ⓘ
Japanese settlers ⓘ
Manchus ⓘ
linked to: Manchu
eventEnd Japan’s defeat in World War II ⓘ
Soviet invasion of Manchuria ⓘ
garrisonedBy Kwantung Army ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Guandong Leased Territory ⓘ
Kantōshū ⓘ
hasJapaneseName 関東州 ⓘ
languageUsed Chinese ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty of Portsmouth ⓘ
lease from Qing China ⓘ
locatedIn Manchuria ⓘ
northeastern China ⓘ
southern Manchuria ⓘ
linked to: Manchuria
partOf Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
precededBy Russian-leased Liaodong Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Liaodong Peninsula
previousController Russian Empire ⓘ
significantCity Port Arthur ⓘ
significantPort Dairen ⓘ
Port Arthur ⓘ
startTime 1905 ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
status defunct political entity ⓘ
strategicImportance army base ⓘ
gateway to Manchuria ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
successor People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Soviet occupation of southern Manchuria ⓘ
usedFor colonial administration ⓘ
control of South Manchurian Railway ⓘ
military staging area ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese Kwantung Army → namedAfter → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Japanese Kwantung Army → garrisonLocation → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → South Manchuria Railway Zone ⓘ
linked to: Kwantung Leased Territory
Imperial Ordinances of Japan → usedIn → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kwantung Leased Territory → hasAlternativeName → Guandong Leased Territory ⓘ
linked to: Kwantung Leased Territory
South Manchuria Railway Company → basedIn → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kantōgun → garrisonLocation → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Dairen → partOf → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kwantung Government-General → appliesToJurisdiction → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kwantung Government-General → historicalRegion → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
関東州 → 別名 → 関東租借地 ⓘ
linked to: Kwantung Leased Territory
Kantōshū → alsoKnownAs → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kantōshū → alsoKnownAs → Kwantung Territory ⓘ
linked to: Kwantung Leased Territory
Kantōshū → alsoKnownAs → Guandong Leased Territory ⓘ
linked to: Kwantung Leased Territory
Northeast China rail network → historicalOrigin → South Manchuria Railway region ⓘ
linked to: Kwantung Leased Territory
Russian lease of Liaodong Peninsula → appliesToTerritory → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Lüshun → partOf → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Lüshun (Port Arthur)
Mantetsu → regionServed → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kantokuen → launchArea → Kwantung Army area ⓘ
linked to: Kwantung Leased Territory
Ryojun → partOf → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ