Episode 48 - The Emperor's Own, Part 4

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Episode 48 - The Emperor's Own, Part 4

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In this final segment on the rise of the imperial military to power, we'll discuss the process by which the military hijacked Japan's foreign policy and shut down the democratic process. After this was done, the army briefly turned on itself before taking the final plunge into a war with China.

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