Hideki Tōjō facts for kids
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Hideki Tōjō
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A portrait of Hideki Tojo
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| Prime Minister of Japan (Leader of the Taisei Yokusankai) |
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| In office October 17, 1941 – July 22, 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Succeeded by | Kuniaki Koiso |
| Minister of War | |
| In office 22 July 1940 – 22 July 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Hata Shunroku |
| Succeeded by | Hajime Sugiyama |
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| Born | December 30, 1884 Hamachi district of Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
| Died | December 23, 1948 (aged 63) Tokyo, occupied Japan |
| Citizenship | Japanese |
| Political party | Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940–1945) |
| Spouse | Katsuko Ito |
| Occupation | politician |
| Awards | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun Order of the Golden Kite, 2nd Class Order of the Sacred Treasure |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Years of service | 1905-1945 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | February 26 Incident Second Sino-Japanese War Operation Chahar Japanese invasion of Manchuria World War II Attack on Pearl Harbor |
Hideki Tōjō (30 December 1884 – 23 December 1948) was a leader of Japan during World War 2.
Hideki Tōjō was born on 30 December 1884 in Tokyo, Japan. He was the third son of a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army named Hidenori Tōjō. Tōjō had two other brothers that were older than him but they all died before he was born.
In 1909, he married a woman named Katsuko Ito and he had seven children with her: three sons and four daughters.
He began his career in the Army in 1902. In the 1930s, Hideki Tōjō fought in the Sino-Japanese war. In March 1937, he was promoted to chief of staff of the Kwantung Army whereby he led military operations against the Chinese in Inner Mongolia and the Chahar-Suiyan provinces. By July 1940, he was appointed minister of war to the Japanese government led by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. He urged an alliance with Germany and Italy against the Allied forces.
Tojo became Prime Minister in 1941 and within two months ordered a surprise attack on U.S. naval forces in Hawaii. (The subsequent attack on Pearl Harbor was planned by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.) During the course of the war, Tojo presided over numerous war crimes, including the massacre and starvation of civilians and prisoners of war.
Tojo served as the political and military leader of Japan until 1944, when he was demoted by Hirohito.
Following his nation's surrender to the Allied Powers in September 1945, he was arrested, convicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in the Tokyo Trials, sentenced to death, and hanged on December 23, 1948.
Images for kids
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Young Hideki Tojo
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Tōjō as Lieutenant General
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Cabinet ministers of the first Tojo Cabinet, October 1941
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Prime Minister Hideki Tojo lands in Nichols Field, an airfield south of Manila, for a state visit to the Philippines.
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Wang Jingwei of the Japanese-sponsored puppet government in Nanjing meeting with Tojo in 1942.
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The Greater East Asia Conference in November 1943, participants left to right: Ba Maw, Zhang Jinghui, Wang Jingwei, Hideki Tojo, Wan Waithayakon, José P. Laurel, Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Tōjō meets with Minister of Munitions Nobusuke Kishi, who later became a prime minister in postwar Japan.
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Tōjō inspecting an airfield in Kuching in occupied British Borneo, July 1943.
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Tojo held in US custody, 1947
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Tōjō with wife Katsuko and granddaughter Yūko Tojo
See also
In Spanish: Hideki Tōjō para niños
