What is February 26 incident?
{{Infobox civil conflict | title = February 26 Incident | image = Rebel troops in February 26 Incident.JPG | image_size = 300px | caption = 1st Lt. Yoshitada Niu and his company<br>on February 26, 1936 | date = 26–28 February 1936 | place = [[Tokyo City|Tokyo]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] | goals= * Restore direct imperial rule under Emperor Shōwa ([[Hirohito]]) * Purge of the [[Tōseiha|Tōsei-ha]] | result = Uprising suppressed * Loss of [[Imperial Way Faction|Kōdō-ha]] influence * Increase of military influence over government | side1 = {{flagicon image|226 Hi no Maru.svg|size=23px}} [[Imperial Way Faction|Righteous Army]] | side2 = {{ubl|{{army|Empire of Japan|size=23px}}|{{navy|Empire of Japan|size=23px}}}} | leadfigures1 = {{ubl|[[Shirō Nonaka]]{{KIA|suicide}}|[[Kiyosada Kōda]]{{executed}}|[[Teruzō Andō]]{{executed}}|[[Hisashi Kōno]]{{KIA|suicide}}|[[Yasuhide Kurihara]]{{executed}}|[[Takaji Muranaka]]{{executed}}|[[Asaichi Isobe]]{{executed}}|[[Motoaki Nakahashi]]{{executed}}|[[Naoshi Sakai]]{{executed}}}}| | leadfigures2 = {{ubl|[[Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]]|[[Prince Kan'in Kotohito]]|[[Yoshiyuki Kawashima]]|[[Hajime Sugiyama]]|[[Kōhei Kashii]]|[[Jōtarō Watanabe]]{{KIA}}}} | howmany1 = 1,483–1,558<ref>Chaen (2001), p. 130</ref> | howmany2 = 23,841<ref>Chaen (2001), p. 146. Number does not include IJN personnel.</ref> | casualties1 = | casualties2 = }} The {{nihongo| '''February 26 Incident'''|二・二六事件|Ni Ni-Roku Jiken|also known as the '''2-26 Incident'''}} was an attempted ''[[coup d'état]]'' in the [[Empire of Japan]] on 26 February 1936. It was organized by a group of young [[Imperial Japanese Army]] (IJA) officers. They wanted the [[purge|purging]] the government and military leadership because of bad economic policies. During this incident, the rebels assassinated two former [[Prime Minister of Japan|prime ministers]] and occupied the government center of [[Tokyo City|Tokyo]]. However, they failed in assassinating Prime Minister [[Keisuke Okada]] or take control of the [[To