Thread 17825086

>February 26, 1936, Japan
>the militarists who have been assassinating politicians the last few years and seized Manchuria without government permission finally went too far
>a bunch of big name politicians assassinated
>the emperor himself personally intervened to stop them
>no slap on the wrist this time, we're talking executions of the ring-leaders
>Japan will be a peaceful nation under the rule of law going forward, the Meiji Constitution is saved!
It must have been crazy for a Japanese liberal to live through this coup getting put down only to see Japan invade China anyway (again, the government backing up soldiers who started things without permission) a year later.
What are some other great moments of false hope in history?

>>17825086 (OP)
1955 Hungary
>russhits kill the nazishits
>occupy the country and put collaborators in place
>only temporarily, until the fate of austria is decided
>the fate of austria is finally decided
>russhits will fuck off and we can get rid of the collaborators
>WARPAC signed and a day before the austrian treaty
>russhits stay with us for 35 more years
1956 is close second, but there was a lot more desperation and a lot less hope then
1989-91 was really hopeful, but that hope wasn't totally betrayed for more than a decade after, arguably

>>17825113
Butthurt belt posting is so cringe

>>17825113
>n-not the hecking fascist landlords, how could you

>>17825086 (OP)
China started the Second Sino-Japanese War with the Marco Polo Bridge incident, Tongzhou massacre and Battle of Shanghai

>>17826422
>everyone I don’t like is a fascist!