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Prince Chichibu has been implicated by some historians in the abortive [[26 February Incident]] in 1936. How much of a role he actually played in that event remains unclear, but it was clear that he was sympathetic to the rebels <ref>Peter Wetzler, ''Hirohito and War'', University of Hawai'i press, 1998, p.189</ref> and that his political sentiments were in agreement with them, i.e., replacement of the corrupt political party based government with a [[military dictatorship]] under direct control of the emperor. His sympathy to the ''[[Kodoha]]'' faction within the Imperial Japanese Army was well known at the time. After the assassination of [[Prime Minister of Japan|prime minister]] [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] in 1932, he had many violent arguments with his brother, Emperor Hirohito, about the suspension of the [[Meiji Constitution|constitution]] and the implementation of direct imperial rule. | Prince Chichibu has been implicated by some historians in the abortive [[26 February Incident]] in 1936. How much of a role he actually played in that event remains unclear, but it was clear that he was sympathetic to the rebels <ref>Peter Wetzler, ''Hirohito and War'', University of Hawai'i press, 1998, p.189</ref> and that his political sentiments were in agreement with them, i.e., replacement of the corrupt political party based government with a [[military dictatorship]] under direct control of the emperor. His sympathy to the ''[[Kodoha]]'' faction within the Imperial Japanese Army was well known at the time. After the assassination of [[Prime Minister of Japan|prime minister]] [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] in 1932, he had many violent arguments with his brother, Emperor Hirohito, about the suspension of the [[Meiji Constitution|constitution]] and the implementation of direct imperial rule. | ||
After the coup attempt, the prince and his wife were sent on a tour of | After the coup attempt, the prince and his wife were sent on a tour of Europe taking several months. They represented Japan at the May 1937 [[coronation]] of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|Britain's King George VI]] and [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth]] in [[Westminster Abbey]] and subsequently visited [[Sweden]] and the [[Netherlands]] as the guests of [[Gustav V of Sweden|King Gustav V]] and [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Queen Wilhelmina]], respectively. This tour ended with the visit of [[Nuremberg]] in [[Germany]] by the prince alone. There he attended the [[Nuremberg rally]] and met [[Adolf Hitler]], with whom he tried to boost relations. At Nuremberg castle, Hitler launched a scathing attack against [[Joseph Stalin]], after which the prince privately said to his aide-de-camp [[Masaharu Homma]]: "Hitler is an actor, it will be difficult to trust him."{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} Nevertheless he remained convinced that the future of Japan was linked to [[Nazi Germany]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}; and in 1938 and 1939, he had many quarrels with the Emperor about the opportunity to join a military alliance with Germany against Great Britain and the United States.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} | ||
Prince Chichibu Yasuhito was subsequently appointed battalion commander of Thirty-First Infantry Regiment in August 1937; promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1938; and finally to colonel in August 1939. During the war, he was involved in combat operations, and was sent to [[Manchukuo]] before the [[Battle of Khalkhin Gol|Nomonhan incident]] and to [[Nanjing]] after the [[Nanjing massacre]]. | Prince Chichibu Yasuhito was subsequently appointed battalion commander of Thirty-First Infantry Regiment in August 1937; promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1938; and finally to colonel in August 1939. During the war, he was involved in combat operations, and was sent to [[Manchukuo]] before the [[Battle of Khalkhin Gol|Nomonhan incident]] and to [[Nanjing]] after the [[Nanjing massacre]]. | ||
