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General Tojo Part 1: The Young Samurai

2020/11/16
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General Hideki Tojo led Japan during World War II and was instrumental in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Despite not holding absolute power, his influence and actions place him among history's most notorious dictators.

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General Hideki Tojo led Japan into World War Two and oversaw some of the most horrific war crimes in recorded history. Tojo did not hold absolute power, but he more than earns his place at this table. Ruling under a compliant Emperor, Tojo gathered power to himself. He was the minister who outgrew his master, the bureaucrat whose relentless work ethic took him to the apex of government. Hideki Tojo is born in 1884. Japan is an emerging world power. As a young military officer, the man they call “The Razor” begins his journey up the ladder of Japanese politics.

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