Japan da China: Waye ya Fi Kasa?

An fara 'yarin yaƙi tsakanin Japan da China ne a shekarar 1937, kuma ta ci gaba har zuwa shekarar 1945.
Yaƙin ya fara ne lokacin da Japan ta mamaye Manchuria, lardin da ke arewa maso gabashin China. Japan ta ci gaba da mamaye Yankin Tsakiyar China, gami da birnin Nanjing, inda ta aikata manyan laifukan yaki.
China ta yi tsayin daka da mamaye kasar, amma aka kayar da ita. Japan ta mamaye kusan dukkanin China, amma ba ta iya kayar da dakarun China gaba daya ba.
Yaƙin ya ƙare a watan Agustan 1945, lokacin da Amurka ta jefa bam ɗin nukiliya a kan biranen Hiroshima da Nagasaki na Japan. Japan ta mika wuya jim kaɗan bayan haka.
Yaƙin Sino-Japan ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin yaƙoƙi mafi munin da aka taɓa yi. An kashe mutane miliyan 20 a yakin, kuma miliyoyin mutane sun jikkata ko suka rasa muhallansu.
Yaƙin ya kuma yi mummunan tasiri a kan dangantakar Japan da China. Har yau kasashen biyu suna da sabani kan tsibirin Senkaku, wanda Japan ke sarrafawa amma China ta yi da'awar.
Yaƙin ya kuma haifar da manyan sauye-sauye ga taswirar gabashin Asiya.
Japan ta rasa dukkan yankunanta na waje, kuma China ta zama babban iko a yankin.
Yaƙin Sino-Japan ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mahimman al'amuran karni na 20, kuma har yanzu yana shafar dangantakar kasa da kasa a yau.
Ga wasu daga cikin labaran mutanen da suka shafi Yaƙin Sino-Japan:
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Zhang Xueliang: Janar ɗan ƙasar Sin wanda ya jagoranci dakarun China a yaƙin Manchuria.
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Tojo Hideki: Firayim Ministan Japan wanda ya jagoranci Japan a cikin Yaƙin Duniya na II.
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Mao Zedong: Jagoran ɗan ƙasar Sin wanda ya jagoranci Kwaminisanci na China zuwa ga nasara a Yaƙin Basasa na ɗan ƙasar Sin.