February 26th Incident? |
I just finished reading The Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami, where he mentioned something called the February 26th Incident. I and my English class would really like to know what this is referring to. Thanks. 1998/2/5 |
by Sarah , usa |
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hi. the feb 26 incident refers to a military uprising that happened just before ww 2 started. it is generally called 2 2 6 incident. gist of it: japanese military officers attempted to create an uprising in order to spur japan to take act even more agressively in its foreign domination of northeastern china (manchuria). this particular aborted uprising failed, but is often used as being symbolic of japan's 1930s colonialist mentality and eventual road taken to war. hope this helps. 1998/2/10 |
by mark, usa |
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