1. Hirohito; Leader or Bystander
... of his army. The consequences of his actions weren't yet apparent but in the following years, Emperor Hirohito would see that the military was dramatically out of control. The inferiority complex felt by Japanese against Western whites was causing the military to campaign towards total domination in Asia. Later known as "Asia for the Asians-, the military campaign took full force ... thought was Okada. Finance Minister Takahashi was killed while sleeping and former Prime Minister Saito was shot and stabbed over forty times. This coup attempt was thwarted by an unlikely character, the em...
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