February 26 incident

When

26 Feb 1936 – 29 Feb 1936

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

35.66° N, 139.70° E

Description

February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, Niniroku Jiken): The Imperial Way Faction engineers a failed coup against the Japanese government; some politicians are killed.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, February 26 incident.

1936 coup d'état attempt in Japan

The February 26 incident , also known as the 2–26 incident, was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan on 26 February 1936. It was organized by a group of young Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) officers with the goal of purging the government and military leadership of their factional rivals and ideological opponents.

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