Delta Force
Banned
While the civilian governments of Imperial Japan wanted to maintain good relations with the British Empire and United States, the far-right groups that kept launching coup attempts throughout the 1930s were opposed to both countries. The May 15 Incident of 1932 even called for the assassination of Charlie Chaplin, hoping that it would trigger war with the United States and spark a crisis that would see the power of the existing economic and political elite reduced and that of the Emperor increased. More realistically it would have increased the power of those controlling the Emperor, as Hirohito wasn't supportive of the attempts, at least at the time.
Assuming that one of these coup attempts somehow progressed to the point of creating a major international incident or even a successful military coup, how likely is it for an earlier Pacific War to break out? Would Imperial Japan have been in a stronger position since it would be fighting a single front war (Imperial Japan was only active in Manchuria in the early 1930s) with the technology it had always planned and trained for? Would fighting in the depths of the Great Depression work to Japan's advantage, since it historically recovered by the early 1930s?
Assuming that one of these coup attempts somehow progressed to the point of creating a major international incident or even a successful military coup, how likely is it for an earlier Pacific War to break out? Would Imperial Japan have been in a stronger position since it would be fighting a single front war (Imperial Japan was only active in Manchuria in the early 1930s) with the technology it had always planned and trained for? Would fighting in the depths of the Great Depression work to Japan's advantage, since it historically recovered by the early 1930s?