Army Revolutionary Practice of Tetsuzan Nagata under the Background of Total War

Abstract

After World War I, the pattern of war changed into total war; in this context, a series of military reforms occurred in the Japanese army. As one of the links, Nagata "innovation" is particularly important, in the innovation of the military, but also laid the foundation of Japanese militarization. Through the study of a series of "innovation" measures in the army by Tetsuzan Nagata, this paper probes into the process of fascism in the army.