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General Hideki Tojo

2017-3278 (untitled)
Accession Number
2017-3278
3 x 4 inches
Black & White
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Related Collection
Brannon, John G. Papers
Keywords
War crime trials
War criminals
World War, 1939-1945
People Pictured
Tojo, Hideki, 1884-1948
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Description
Hideki Tojo was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944. As Prime Minister, he was responsible for ordering the attack on Pearl Harbor, which initiated war between Japan and the United States, although planning for it had begun in April 1941, before he entered office. After the end of the war, Tojo was arrested, sentenced to death for Japanese war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and hanged on December 23, 1948.
Date(s)
ca.
1946