It was at the time of the Pacific War that authority reached its peak, and after the period when the National General Mobilization Act was issued in 1938, the Emperor was deified as Arahitogami, and the system of the nation under war with the Emperor in the center was established by the military (refer to Kokoku Shikan, or Emperor-centered historiography which is based on state Shinto).
その権威が頂点に達したのは太平洋戦争時であり、昭和13年（1938年）の国家総動員法が発令された頃より、軍部により現人神（あらひとがみ）と神格化され、天皇を中心とした戦時国家体制が作られた（皇国史観を参照）。