Military Coups in Japan - February 26 Incident, KY J Incident (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: February 26 Incident, Ky j Incident. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The February 26 incident Ni-niroku jiken or 2-2-6 incident) was an attempted coup d'etat in Japan, from February 26 to 29, 1936, with 1,483 troops of the Imperial Japanese Army. Several leading politicians were killed, and the center of Tokyo was briefly occupied by the rebelling troops. At the time, the incident was called the deplorable incident in the capital. 1st Lt. Niu Yoshitada and his company on February 26, 1936 Flier Directive to Soldiers February 29, 1936 The main cause of the incident was the actions of some young activist officers (mainly below the rank of major). They noted problems of political corruption and extreme poverty in rural areas and decided the solution would be to remove some of the elder statesmen in the government. Their slogan was the Shwa Restoration (, Shwa-ishin, called after Meiji-ishin) and Revere the Emperor, Expel the Evils (, sonn-tkan). In the early morning on February 26, 1936, the leaders of the rebellion went into action with about 1483 soldiers. Most of the troops belonged to 1st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Regiment, and 7th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment in the 1st (Gem) Division, and 3rd Infantry Regiment in the Imperial Guards Division. Their targets were as follows. By the end of the incident, Sait, Takahashi, and Watanabe were dead. Okada escaped death because the insurgents killed his brother-in-law by mistake. The leaders of the rebellion asked the head of Army to talk to the Emperor and push on the Shwa Restoration. But the Army and the government treated them as rebels against the legitimate government. Loyal Army troops surrounded them and eventually persuaded them to surrender. After the rebellious troops returned to the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=483112