Why was Watanabe Kazuko's father killed during the February 26 Incident?

The father of sister Kazuko Watanabe, bestselling author of Bloom Where You Are Planted, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, noted as one of the victims of the February 26 Incident. Why was Jotaro Watanabe assassinated in front of his nine-year-old daughter? By up-and-coming historian, Shuichiro Iwai, a masterpiece of historical non-fiction.

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