Lytton Commission (1932–1933) offering much resistance However, the country was briefly lost to the Germans during the Ardennes offensive It was liberated a second time during February– March 1945, this time after some heavy fighting and destruction of lives and property See also Germanics LVOV-SANDOMIERZ OFFENSIVE OPERATION (1944) See Poland LVT See Landing Vehicle Tracked LYTTON COMMISSION (1932–1933) A League of Nations commission of investigation established in 1932 It was sent to China, Japan, and Manchuria following the Mukden incident It issued a report that mildly criticized Japan The report was actually intended to appease Tokyo by asserting that Japan indeed had an expectation of “special rights” in Manchuria But the report did not go so far as to recommend international recognition of the puppet regime set up by the Guandong Army in the new colony called “Manchukuo.” Knowing the contents of the Lytton Commission report in advance, Japan sent forces deeper into northern China The League vote was unanimous to accept the final report: only Thailand abstained Yet, even that mild rebuke was seized upon by hotheads among the militarists in Japan, notably in the “fleet” faction in the Navy and Issekikai in the Army, as an excuse to force the Japanese government to withdraw from membership in the League and thereafter to pursue unfettered aggression 690