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Government by Assassination: The Bizarre History of Political Violence in 1930's Imperial Japan

In the decade before Imperial Japan’s fateful entry into a world war that would ultimately bring about its swift demise, as it seemed primed to expand on its position as an already great colonial power, all was not well at home. Bitter internal divisions, a struggling economy, and a young officer class radicalised against the nation’s political elite threatened to tear down its fragile civilian-led political system. This video chronicles the bloody and brutal years of 1931-1936 in Japan when ultranationalist military officers took it upon themselves to dismantle civilian government through conspiracies, coups, and targeted assassinations (in the League of Blood, May 15, February 26 incidents and more), during which time even the most powerful of individuals were never far from the barrel of a rebel gun... Sources: Stephen S. Large (2001) Nationalist Extremism in Early Shōwa Japan: Inoue Nisshō and the 'Blood-Pledge Corps Incident', 1932. Modern Asian Studies Vol. 35 No. 3, Cambridge University Press Danny Orbach (2018) Pure Spirits: Imperial Japanese Justice and Right-Wing Terrorists, 1878–1936. Asian Studies 6 (2) Ben-Ami Shillony (1973) Revolt in Japan: The Young Officers and the February 26, 1936 Incident. Princeton Legacy Library David A. Sneider (1990) Action and Oratory: The Trials of the May 15th Incident of 1932. Law in Japan Volume 23 John Toland (1970) The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945. Random House Music (In order of appearance): Battotai March (Instrumental version) Ode to Showa Restoration Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Song Roei no Uta - Field Encampment Song Dôki no Sakura Senyu (Comrades)