May 15 Incident

When

15 May 1932

Kind

Assassination

Coordinates

35.67° N, 139.74° E

Description

attempted coup d'état in Japan in 1932

Attempted coup d'état in Japan in 1932

The May 15 incident was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan, on May 15, 1932, launched by reactionary elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy, aided by cadets in the Imperial Japanese Army and civilian remnants of the ultranationalist League of Blood (Ketsumei-dan).

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• Wikidata: revolutions and assassinationsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “May 15 Incident, an attempted military coup in which Japanese prime minister Tsuyoshi Inukai is assassinated by naval officers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Японский премьер-министр Цуёси Инукаи был убит в ходе устроенного радикально настроенными офицерами военно-морского флота покушения”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Tokio, es asesinado el primer ministro de Japón Inukai Tsuyoshi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “日本海、陸軍人發動「五一五」事件，首相犬養毅被槍擊身亡，翌日國民政府、汪精衛、羅文幹分別電唁。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “五・一五事件で、犬養毅首相が殺害される”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page