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Tojo, Hideki (1884-1948) [10 Yen note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01684.01 Author/Creator: Tojo, Hideki (1884-1948) Place Written: Japan Type: Document signed Date: circa 1945 Pagination: 2 p. : col. ; 8 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Signed in Kanji (Japanese) and Roman.

Tojo was a Japanese general and statesman who became prime minister. During World War II, he approved the attack on Pearl Harbor and pushed the Japanese offensive in China, South East Asia, and the Pacific. He resigned in July, 1944, after the loss of Saipan in the Marianas. He attempted suicide in September 1945, but he was arrested by the Allies as a war criminal, tried, convicted, and executed.

Tojo, Hideki, 1884-1948

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