I wait for the righteous judgment of history. The Greater East Asia War was justified and righteous. Hideki had an education typical of a Japanese youth in the Meiji era.In 1905, Tojo shared in the general outrage in Japan at the Upon graduating from the Japanese Military Academy (ranked 10th of 363 cadets)Tojo boasted that his only hobby was his work, and he customarily brought home his paperwork to work late into the night, and he refused to have any part in raising his children, which he viewed both as a distraction from his work and a woman's work, having his wife do all the work of taking care of his children.By 1928, he was bureau chief of the Japanese Army and was shortly thereafter promoted to colonel. However, Hirohito thought that he might be able to control extreme opinions in the army by using the charismatic and well-connected Tojo, who had expressed reservations regarding war with the West, although the Emperor himself was skeptical that Tojo would be able to avoid conflict. Hideki Tojo (December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician and general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II.Tojo began his career in the Army in 1905 and steadily rose through the ranks to become a general by 1934. Japanese and foreign politician and military experts related to Buddhist and Tibetan topics group inside of foreign affairs ministry during 1942, for research the possibility of any operations or incursion in Tibet:At the 1938 Five Ministers' Conference, five of the most powerful men in Japan gathered to discuss the ideas and plans of their 'Jewish experts'. But we have clumsily telegraphed our intentions. If we yield to America's demands, it will destroy the fruits of the China incident. "The Emperor summoned Tojo to the Imperial Palace one day before Tojo took office.On November 26, 1941, the American Secretary of State On December 7, 1941, Tojo went on Japanese radio to announce that Japan was now at war with the United States, the British Empire and the Netherlands, reading out an Imperial Rescript that ended with the playing of the popular martial song In the early years of the war, Tojo had popular support as Japanese forces moved from one victory to another. Tomoyuki Yamashita (山下 奉文, Yamashita Tomoyuki, 8 November 1885 – 23 February 1946; also called Tomobumi Yamashita) was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, with his accomplishment of conquering Malaya and Singapore in 70 days earning him the sobriquet "The Tiger … Reflecting the imagery often used in Japan to describe people in power, Tojo told his officers that they were to be both a "father" and a "mother" to the men under their command.Tojo was appointed commander of the IJA 24th Infantry Brigade in August 1934.By 1940, Konoe, who had started the war with China in 1937, no longer believed that a military solution to the "China Affair" was possible as he once did, instead favored having Germany mediate an end to the war that would presumably result in a pro-Japanese peace settlement, but would be less than he himself had outlined in the "Konoe programme" of January 1938.For the past six months, ever since April, the foreign minister has made painstaking efforts to adjust relations. It consisted of the Army and Navy ministers; the Army and Navy chiefs of staff; and chiefs of the military affairs bureaus in both services.In September 1943, the Emperor and Tojo agreed that Japan would pull back to an "absolute defense line" in the south-west Pacific to stem the American advance, and considered abandoning Rabaul base, but changed their minds in face of objections from the Navy.At the same time as he sought a diplomatic effort to end the war with China, Tojo also approved of the planning for In the central Pacific, the Americans destroyed the main Japanese naval base at Tojo expected that a major American defeat in the Marianas together with the conquest of China and India would so stun the Americans that they would sue for peace.In parallel with the invasion of India, in April 1944 Tojo began After the Battle of Saipan, it was clear to at least some of the Japanese elite that the war was lost, and Japan needed to make peace before the As he bled, Tojo began to talk, and two Japanese reporters recorded his words: "I am very sorry it is taking me so long to die. The American-led prosecution immediately arranged that he be secretly coached to recant this testimony. I think the forthcoming trials offer the best opportunity to do that. Some political leaders, particularly those of the principal dictatorships involved in the conflict, Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union), Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy) and Emperor Hirohito (Japan), acted as supreme military commanders as well as dictators for their respective countries or empires. Whether Allied or Axis, this is a list of the worst World War II generals. I mean to pay considerable attention to this in my actions, and say to the end that what is true is true and what is false is false. And the next time I met him, he leaned even more toward war. To shade one's words in flattery to the point of untruthfulness would falsify the trial and do incalculable harm to the nation, and great care must be taken to avoid this.Tojo was sentenced to death on November 12, 1948, and executed by According to the written report of Shūichi Mizota, interpreter for Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, Fellers met the two men at his office on March 6, 1946, and told Yonai: "It would be most convenient if the Japanese side could prove to us that the Emperor is completely blameless. Of course His Majesty is a pacifist, and there is no doubt he wished to avoid war. Thus, gradually, he began to lean toward war. "The sustained intensity of this campaign to protect the Emperor was revealed when, in testifying before the tribunal on December 31, 1947, Tojo momentarily strayed from the agreed-upon line concerning imperial innocence and referred to the Emperor's ultimate authority.