The Marco Polo Bridge or Lugou Bridge (simplified Chinese: 卢沟桥; traditional Chinese: 盧溝橋; pinyin: Lúgōu Qiáo) is a stone bridge located 15 km southwest...

The Marco Polo Bridge incident, also known as the Lugou Bridge incident or the July 7 incident, was a battle during July 1937 in the district of Beijing...

Look up Marco Polo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Marco Polo was a 13th-century Italian explorer. Marco Polo may also refer to: Marco Polo (producer)...

Marco Polo (/ˈmɑːrkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ/ ; Venetian: [ˈmaɾko ˈpolo]; Italian: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo] ; c. 1254 – 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer...

territory of China and Southeast Asia. The invasion of Manchuria, or the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7 July 1937, are sometimes cited as alternative starting...

July 1937, the Japanese conducted a practice night attack around the Marco Polo Bridge, firing blanks in the air. The Chinese, thinking an attack was underway...

Government in Tongzhou, China, on 29 July 1937, shortly after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which was the trigger for the outbreak of Second Sino-Japanese...

escalated into full-scale combat. It is known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, and also the Lugou Bridge Incident. The Museum of the War of Chinese People's...

near the Marco Polo Bridge. Nearly 1.4 kilometres in length, it is a trademark bridge[citation needed] of the 5th Ring Road. Under the bridge runs many...

Infantry Regiment. He experienced combat for the first time during the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, and subsequently served with distinction during the Second...