TÅseiha
The tosei -ha (Japanese统制 派, dt as: " Kontrollfaktion, group ") was a faction within the Japanese Army and Navy in the 1920s and 1930s, which saw itself as a moderate opposition to the extreme Kodo -ha. It was created primarily as a response to the policy of the Army Minister Araki Sadao. However, this is not a formal organization has been designated, the term itself goes back to a nickname, the Kodo -ha representatives gave their political opponents in the military.
The tosei -ha was led by General Kazushige Ugaki, along with Sugiyama Gen, Kuniaki Koiso, Umezu Yoshijiro, Nagata Tetsuzan, Akira Muto and Tōjō Hideki. They represented a centralist and conservative course to mobilize Japan for the war. For the members wanted (mainly officers ) the rule of law, and not as the Kodo -ha pursue the terrorist, way. Nevertheless, both groups shared a lot of ideas and concepts. Disputes inflamed more often on specific questions as to the ideological contradictions.
The tosei -ha were able to record a victory in January 1934, when General Araki Sadao was compelled by excesses of the Kwantung Army to resign and was replaced by its own representative, General Hayashi Senjūrō . However, the struggle between the factions continued in the government and the war in North China was continued until February 1936. After initiated by Kodo -ha members attempted coup of 26 February 1936, the dispute, however, was shelved after government Kodo -ha members had largely removed from the army.
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