six years ago

I go back to Nomonhan of 1939.
It was three years after of the terrorist attacks against Minobe.

Kantōgun has expanded the conflict with ignoring the wishes of General Staff Headquarters.
And they had big defeat.
　
General Staff Headquarters in Tokyo was the center of the military.
First、become the staff officer of Kantōgun of Manchukuo.
Next，be transferred to  the General Staff Headquarters of Tokyo.　

This seems to have been fast track of army officials at that time.


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Strangely enough happened.

Kantōgun took action at own discretion and big failed.
liability issues will occur there..
It would be of course.
　
"Who is responsible for this？
We do not know it.”
　
However，its responsibilities became unclear inexplicably.
And above all，this battle itself was not made ​​known clearly to the people of Japan.

"We must erase the fact of this defeat
(as for domestic)
If we got rid of someone.
It will become admit the fact of defeat.
Therefore，we can not do it."　
Had this intention blatantly.

Of course, this may be reverse.

"We do not want to dispose ourself.　
There was no such facts in the first place."　

Thought such as the following，it also might have been present in them.

"We do not want to damage the authority of the Japanese military by the conflict of a small area like this.
Because it will damaging the authority of the emperor of generalissimo.
We must absolutely avoid it.”

Of course，as excuse for their self-protection.


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However，this was intended for high-ranking officers only.
Soldiers including field commander (like a platoon leader) were different.
(Japanese army did not collapse by virtue of their mortal combat.)

Japan had advanced the invasion of China already.
Soldiers who survived the battlefield.
After this，many of them seems that were sent to hard-fought field.

And field commanders.
　
"You should die to take responsibility."

When he go back to his room (or his tent)，handgun for self-determination had been put on a desk.
Of course，the room was unmanned already.　
　
Such facts were many.
　
And of course,the person who put handgun to their room did not take responsibility anything.
(The person who commanded it.)

This is six years ago of collapse of Empire of Japan.