# 7th July 1937: Marco Polo Bridge Incident acts as a trigger for the Second Sino-Japanese War

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Podcast: [HistoryPod](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historypod-544969)
Published: 2026-07-07T02:05:13+00:00
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What began as a local military incident near the Marco Polo Bridge on the outskirts of Beijing developed into the Second Sino-Japanese War, which later became part of the wider Second World War in ...

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