Hideki Tojo

Japanese general and politician (1884–1948)

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Lived 1884–1948, aged 64Japan

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1884–1948
Aged 64

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Japanese PM who steered the country through most of WWII, from 1941 to 1944. Tojo's tenure became synonymous with the war's brutality and Japan's eventual defeat.

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Hideki Tojo was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944 during World War II. His leadership was marked by widespread state violence and mass killings perpetrated in the name of Japanese nationalism.

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