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In Japan in 1936, the expansionist Kōdōha was purged by the supposedly moderate Tōseiha, yet it would be under Tōseiha leadership that Japan fought in WW2. How 'moderate' was the Tōseiha actually? Although it was dragged into the war in China by junior officers, why didn't it drag itself out?

by /u/EnclavedMicrostate in /r/AskHistorians

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