Japanese general and politician (1884–1948)
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Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944, he ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor and presided over the Empire's expansion across Asia and the Pacific. His government oversaw the massacre and starvation of POWs and millions of civilians.
Born in Tokyo to a military family of samurai descent in 1884, Tojo graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1905 and rose through the ranks as a member of the Control Faction. As chief of staff of the Kwantung Army in 1937, he led operations during the invasion of China; by 1940 he was Minister of the Army, advocating alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Appointed Prime Minister by Emperor Hirohito in October 1941, he mobilized Japan for total war, enforcing strict censorship and suppressing dissent through the Kempeitai while pursuing the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity…
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The moment the first American soldier sets foot on the Japanese mainland, all prisoners of war will be shot.
If one of you should has any unsatisfaction, please let me know ASAP so that I can solve it.
It is natural that I should bear entire responsibility for the war in general, and, needless to say, I am prepared to do so.
Japan Forms Alliance With White Supremacists in Well-Thought-Out Scheme: From the East Asian Correspondent, Sept 1, 1939.
When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven.
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