In Japan during the early nineteen hundreds, militarism was a big part of World War II. Two specific organizations known as the Imperial Way faction and the Control faction both highly impacted the Japanese militia during this time. The Imperial Way faction, also known as the Kodoha, were made up of philosophers and military officials who believed the industrialists of Japan were corrupt, and that they were not. The Kodoha’s goal was to bring Japan back to its “golden age”, where a totalitarian rule was in use. They used lots of propaganda to spread their message throughout Japan. As Felton describes, “The Nazi slogan “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer” could have as comfortably fitted the Imperial Way ethos”. The Control faction, also
