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Hideki Tojo (born Eiku Tojo) was born in Kojimachi District (now Chiyoda), Tokyo, Japan to the Japanese Army infantry Lieutenant (later Lieutenant General) Hidenori Tojo
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Tojo entered Army Cadet school
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Tojo entered military school in 1899, following in the footsteps of his father, a professional military man who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Sino-Japanese War and as a major general in the Russo-Japanese War. Tojo likewise saw service, though briefly, in the latter war. In 1915 he graduated with honors from the army war college
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Tojo entered the Japanese military academy
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Tojo completed the courses at the military academy and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry.
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Was sent abroad for 3 years (1919-1922) to study in Europe. After his return he served as an instructor in military science at the war college.
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Tojo was hardworking and become known as "Kamisori" (the razor) for the sharp, impatient , and decisive qualities he possesed. manifesting those qualities helped him rise rapidly through military hierarchy.
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Promoted to lieutenant general, Tojo became chief of staff of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria, where he worked effectively to mobilize Manchuria's economy and strengthen Japan's military readiness in the event that war broke out with the Soviet Union
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Hideki Tojo was named the chief of staff of Kenkichi Ueda (Japanese Kwantung Army in northeastern China).
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he was recalled from field service to become vice-minister of war, a position in which he pressed resolutely for preparations that would allow Japan to wage a two-front war against both China and the Soviet Union.
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Hideki Tojo stepped down as the chief of staff of Kenkichi Ueda (Japanese Kwantung Army in northeastern China).
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Hideki Tojo was appointed the Army Minister in Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe's new cabinet
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Tojo was appointed war minister in the second Fumimaro Konoe government, which proceeded at once to sign the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy
Relations with the United States worsened during succeeding months as Japanese troops moved south into Indochina
Convinced of the righteousness of the imperial cause and of the implacable hostility of the Americans, the British, the Chinese, and the Dutch, he stoutly opposed the negotiations
Tojo demanded a decision for war unless the United States -
An imperial mandate was then given to Tojo to become premier and form a new Cabinet.
it was thought that only tojo had the knowledge of recent developments and knew how to control the army
Tojo was given an imperial order to review past decisions, strive for peace and avoid war -
But a reconsideration of Japanese policy failed to reveal alternatives acceptable to the army, and the decision for war was taken. Within hours after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Tojo broadcast a brief message to his countrymen, warning them that "to annihilate this enemy and to establish a stable new order in East Asia, the nation must necessarily anticipate a long war."
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Hideki Tojo was named 40th Prime Minister of Japan.
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Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo rejected the American counter-proposal for peace
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Hideki Tojo submitted his letter of resignation for his position as the Prime Minister of Japan. He would be officially replaced by Kuniaki Koiso four days later.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo failed in his suicide attempt at Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japann when Gen. MacArthur ordered his arrest, Tojo attempted to shoot himself.
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After his recovery he was held in Sugamo prison until his trial as a suspected war criminal by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began
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After proceedings which stretched out over 2 years, during which Tojo willingly accepted his responsibility for much of Japan's wartime policy while declaring it legitimate self-defense, he was found guilty of having "major responsibility for Japan's criminal attacks on her neighbors" and was sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence was carried out on Dec. 23, 1948.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death by hanging
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Hideki Tojo was executed at the Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.