HIS102Y1 Lecture : The Second World War in Asia
Document Summary
February 26 incident (1936: february 26, 1936: young officers and 1,400 soldiers seize control of central tokyo, occupying the diet building (parliament building), police headquarters and the war department. finance minister, general of military education, lord privy seal, assassinated. other public figures wounded: february 27, 1936: martial law is declared in tokyo, february 28, 1936: lack of support from navy, financial circles, and general public leads to military referring to uprising as rebels . emperor condemns the uprising rebel soldiers return to barracks; 2 commit suicide; 124 prosecuted; 13 officers & 4 civilians sentenced to death: outcome of february 26th incident: The marco polo bridge incident (july 7, 1937) July 17, 1937: the united front-- the guomindang/kmt (chinese nationalists) & chinese. Communist party, pledge support against japanese late july 1937: japanese move troops to beijing: august 14, 1937: chinese aircraft bomb japanese naval in shanghai.
