The enormity of WWII

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

My take would be they were wannabee samurai with the suicidal ideations that implies.

They managed to get the Japanese constitution revised (in the 1930s) with what seemed to be a very sensible codicil. "The Army and Navy representatives to the Imperial Cabinet will be active duty officers."

The catch is the two organizations could send their man to a different job if they wanted to. That would bring the current cabinet down. So any cabinet was hostage to the approval of the Army and/or Navy.

'wannabee' nothing. They WERE samurai.

Boru