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What were some of Tojo Hidekis war crimes?

April 26, 2017Arts crimes hideki History Humanities tojo War

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What were some of Tojo Hidekis war crimes?

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Tojo was prime minister and chief of the Japanese military forces; he authorized the Pearl Harbor invasion, and the plan to move southward in the Pacific to conqure the European colonies. He was tried and convicted of several counts by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for war crimes and found guilty of the following crimes: count 1 (waging wars of aggression, and war or wars in violation of international law) count 27 (waging unprovoked war against the Republic of China) count 29 (waging aggressive war against the United States) count 31 (waging aggressive war against the British Commonwealth of Nations) count 32 (waging aggressive war against the Netherlands) count 33 (waging aggressive war against France) count 54 (ordering, authorizing, and permitting inhumane treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs) and others) In 1948 he was hung by his neck until dead in Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, before four witness with no photos allowed.