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Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister and General

Hideki Tojo (December 30, 1884 - December 23, 1948) was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of WWII. 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 Japan's unconditional surrender in 1945, General MacArthur ordered the arrest of forty alleged war criminals including Tojo. Three American GIs were sent to serve the arrest warrant. As American soldiers surrounded Tojo's house on September 11 he shot himself in the chest with a pistol, but missed his heart. 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. In his final statement he apologized for the atrocities committed by the Japanese military and urged the American military to show compassion toward the Japanese people, who had suffered devastating air attacks and the two atomic bombings. No photographer credited, undated.
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Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister and General
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Hideki Tojo (December 30, 1884 - December 23, 1948) was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of WWII. 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 Japan's unconditional surrender in 1945, General MacArthur ordered the arrest of forty alleged war criminals including Tojo. Three American GIs were sent to serve the arrest warrant. As American soldiers surrounded Tojo's house on September 11 he shot himself in the chest with a pistol, but missed his heart. 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. In his final statement he apologized for the atrocities committed by the Japanese military and urged the American military to show compassion toward the Japanese people, who had suffered devastating air attacks and the two atomic bombings. No photographer credited, undated.
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Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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24.7 x 33.3 cm | 9.7 x 13.1 in (300 dpi)
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