In december 1937, the japanese forces invaded and carried out destructive military operations over a period of .

In December 1937, the Japanese forces invaded Nanking and carried out destructive military operations over a period of 6 weeks.

Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu province of China and also the second largest city in the East China region.

In December 1937, in the context of the Second Sino-Japanese War between Japan and China, Japanese soldiers marched on the Chinese capital city of Nanking. Most Chinese residents fled Nanking, though the number of people within the city was increased by the presence of a large garrison of Chinese soldiers defending it. In the aftermath of the fall of the city on December 13, 1937, Japanese soldiers massacred Chinese prisoners of war and civilians in and around the city.

why was the national assembly formed by the third estate?

the estates-general had not been assembled since 1614, and its deputies drew up long lists of grievances and called for sweeping political and social reforms. the third estate, which had the most representatives, declared itself the national assembly and took an oath to force a new constitution on the king.

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according to the passage the most suitable options are two. the first one is "by leading the aef to victory in several key battles" like the battle of saint- mihiel and the battle of cantigny mentioned in the passage you copied here. the second one is "by the aef and allied forces defeat germany" since the passage says that his army destroy the german resistance in the meuse- argonne offensive. and also, "by insisting that the aef operate as an independent force".

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