Fleet Faction
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The 'Fleet Faction (艦隊派 kantai-ha) was a group within the Imperial Japanese Navy of the 1920s times, who wanted unlimited naval growth to build the mightiest navy on the face of the earth; thus to challenge the supremacy of powers such as the United States and the USSR.Chuichi Nagumo as a member inside of militaristic Fleet Faction group, he also received a boost in his career from political forces.
Coupled with friction with the civilian government on a variety of topics, the Army became more isolated and more of a power unto itself. The navy was faring a bit better but not by much. Faced with the limits imposed by the Washington Armaments Conference of 1921, the navy was also split into two factions, Treaty Faction and Fleet Faction, between the first finding the augment of Japanese war vessel fleet and other, stay accord with limitations in Washington agreement.
In the end the Treaty Faction won the day, for the moment at least, and in the process won a public relations victory. Matters continued in this manner for the next several years, with the civilian government keeping the radicals in the military generally in check and those radicals scheming to remove them.
