Hideki Tojo (東條 英機) was a Japanese general and politician who led the Japanese government during much of
World War II. Tojo was a member of the military clique that pushed
Japan into war in the late
1930s. As War Minister in
1940 he was instrumental in leading Japan into the [Axis Alliance]
? with
Nazi Germany and
Italy. By
1941 he was in command of the entire Japanese military, which so dominated Japan at the time that he was virtually the nation's dictator. He was removed from command in
1944 following a series of military disasters. After the war, he was tried for war crimes and executed. Because of the crimes committed under his authority, Tojo is considered responsible for the murder of perhaps four million people.
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