Manchukuo (Twilight of a New Era)

Manchukuo (Manchu State) was a Constitutional monarchy in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia. The region was the historical homeland of the Manchus, who founded the Qing Dynasty of China. In 1931, the region was seized by Japan following the Mukden Incident (1933) and in 1934, a puppet government was established, with Puyi, the last Qing emperor, installed as the nominal regent and emperor. During the Second Sino-Japanese War and Great Pacific War a People's Republic of Manchuria was formed, with the help of the Red Army and the Mongolian People's Army. At the end of the war the State of Manchu was abolished and Manchuria assumed the complete control.

Manchus formed a minority in Manchukuo, whose largest ethnic group were Han Chinese. There were also Koreans, Japanese, Mongols, White Russians and less numerous minorities.