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Hideki Tōjō

Japanb. 30 December 1884 · d. 23 December 1948Add to favourites

Japanese Army minister from July 1940 and Prime Minister from 18 October 1941 (the article's body text gives 17 October), when Japan went to war against the Western powers. He resigned in July 1944 after the fall of Saipan. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East opened its trial on 29 April 1946; he was found guilty on 12 November 1948 and executed by hanging on 23 December 1948.

Roles and commands

18 Oct 1941 – 22 Jul 1944Prime Minister of Japan
22 Jul 1940 – 22 Jul 1944Minister of the Army

Events

7 December 1941Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
15 June 1944Battle of Saipan

Sources

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Hideki Tōjō
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