There are 23 countries in the General Assembly that recognize the puppet Manchukuo established by Japan. Which countries are they?

Looking back at China's development process, we can see that our country has been at war for a long time. After entering the 20th century, Japan decided to launch external expansion in order to divert domestic conflicts and establish a relationship with Japan across the sea. China became the target of Japanese aggression. At that time, after Japan had undergone changes such as the Meiji Restoration, its overall economic strength and industrial strength had been greatly improved, and its military strength was far superior to that of China. Therefore, Japan quickly occupied a large amount of our country's territory in the early stages of its invasion of my country.

In order to consolidate its rule over the occupied areas, Japan established a puppet regime in Northeast my country and established the Puppet Manchukuo. As time goes by, 23 countries have established diplomatic relations with the Puppet Manchukuo. Let’s take a look at which countries there are.

According to the "Ten Years of the Founding of Manchuria", at that time, 23 countries including Japan, Nazi Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Thailand established diplomatic relations with the Communist Party of China. What is surprising is that, apart from Japan as the controller, the first country to establish diplomatic relations with the puppet Manchukuo was actually a small country thousands of miles away from China - El Salvador. The reason why it established diplomatic relations with the puppet Manchukuo was just to go against the United States.

Although El Salvador is a small country, its politics are in chaos. Coupled with the fact that the domestic economy was also very corrupt, Martinez, who served as Defense Minister, overthrew the authority and began to rule the country. The United States has previously stated that it does not recognize any violations of international conventions, so it has never recognized Martinez's status. The Puppet Manchukuo is naturally not accepted by the United States, so Martinez was the first to establish diplomatic relations with the Puppet Manchukuo. relation.

Although with the push of Martinez, Manchukuo ushered in the first country to establish diplomatic relations with itself, but then El Salvador stood with Britain and the United States and other countries to resist fascist forces. , and also made Japan’s behavior of strengthening the puppet Manchukuo a joke.

It can be seen from relevant historical data that most of the countries that recognized the Puppet Manchukuo were European countries. At first, these countries, like the United States, did not recognize any violations of the League of Nations Covenant and the Paris Convention. However, with China's defeat in the war and instigated by Japan, their original stance slowly began to change. Germany also firmly stated at first that it would not recognize the Puppet Manchukuo. After all, before World War II, the relationship between China and Germany was still good.

However, because Germany itself was a fascist force and was in the same camp as Japan, under Japan's repeated protests, Germany formally established diplomatic relations with the puppet Manchukuo in May 1938, while Italy formally established diplomatic relations with the puppet Manchukuo at the end of 1937. It has already announced its recognition of the Puppet Manchukuo.

Surprisingly, the Manchukuo government under Japanese control also had a good relationship with the Soviet Union. As an ambitious country, the Soviet Union gave Japan face in this regard in order to get Japan to recognize "Mongolian aggression." *Japan", so it is better to say that the Soviet Union and Japan were actually making deals.

The good relationship between the Soviet Union and the Puppet Manchukuo was mainly reflected in the fact that although the Soviet Union at that time retained its consulate in China, it allowed the Puppet Manchukuo to establish a consulate in the Soviet Union, which really flattered Japan. In the early days of China's anti-Japanese war, China still relied on the Soviet Union for assistance, so there was nothing China could do about the Soviet Union's recognition of the puppet Manchukuo.